From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: checking the first word in a command
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 18:43:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54C67CB8.70901@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54C67024.4000406@gmx.es>
On 1/26/2015 5:49 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I have the following sample:
>
> \starttext
>
> \def\Persona{señor Juan Martínez}
> \def\Persona{señora María Pérez}
>
> El/La \Persona\ ha aprobado.
> \stoptext
>
> How can I replace "El/La" in text with a command that can assign the
> proper article?
>
> I could use the translate module, but the real case is more complex than
> the previous sample.
>
> What I need in the command is that it can check the first word in the
> command \Persona and assign "el" or "la".
>
> Which is the right way to do this?
\startluacode
local replacer = lpeg.replacer {
["señor"] = "el señor",
["señora"] = "la señora",
}
function document.MaleOrFemale(str)
context(lpeg.match(replacer,str))
end
\stopluacode
\unexpanded\def\MaleOrFemale#1%
{\ctxlua{document.MaleOrFemale("#1")}}
\starttext
whatever \MaleOrFemale{señor Juan Martínez} and \MaleOrFemale{señora
María Pérez}
\stoptext
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-26 17:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-26 16:49 Pablo Rodriguez
2015-01-26 17:43 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2015-01-26 20:24 ` Otared Kavian
2015-01-26 21:04 ` Pablo Rodriguez
2015-01-26 21:26 ` Hans Hagen
2015-01-27 13:13 ` Pablo Rodriguez
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