Module:Spellnum per MOS

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Implements Template:Spellnum per MOS.

{{#invoke:Spellnum per MOS|main|number to format|if second arg equals 1, prefer numerals}}

For use by other Lua modules:

local spellnum = require('Module:Spellnum per MOS').spellnum
spellnum{ 11 } -- returns 'eleven'

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local p = {}

function p.main(frame)
	local numeral = tonumber(frame.args[1])
	local force_num = frame.args[2]	-- Force numeral for intermediate cases
	local spell = 0

	if numeral<0 or math.fmod(numeral,1)~=0 then
	elseif numeral<10 then
		spell = 1
	elseif numeral>=10 and (force_num~='forcenum' and force_num~='1') then
		local spelled = frame:expandTemplate{title='spellnum',args={numeral}}
		if not mw.ustring.find(spelled,'%a+[ %-]%a+[ %-]%a+') then
			spell = 1
		end
	end

	local number
	if spell==1 then
		number = frame:expandTemplate{ title = 'spellnum', args = { numeral } }
	else
		number = numeral
	end
	return number
end

return p