ਫਰਮਾ:CountryPrefixThe
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This is a helper template, use by other templates.
Takes a country name, and returns the name prefixed by "the" if that is required in running text. Otherwise just returns the country name.
Optionally, returns just the word "the", if applicable.
In either case, the word "the" may optionally be returned in capitalised form.
Usage
[ਸੋਧੋ]{{CountryPrefixThe|Countryname}}
{{CountryPrefixThe|Countryname|onlythe=yes}}
{{CountryPrefixThe|Countryname|onlythe=yes}}
{{CountryPrefixThe|Countryname|capitalised=yes}}
{{CountryPrefixThe|Countryname|capitalised=yes|onlythe=yes}}
Examples
[ਸੋਧੋ]- No parameters
{{CountryPrefixThe|Kenya}}
→ Kenya{{CountryPrefixThe|Philippines}}
→ the Philippines
- with "onlythe=yes"
{{CountryPrefixThe|Kenya|onlythe=yes}}
→{{CountryPrefixThe|Philippines|onlythe=yes}}
→ the
- with "capitalised=yes"
{{CountryPrefixThe|Kenya|capitalised=yes}}
→ Kenya{{CountryPrefixThe|Philippines|capitalised=yes}}
→ The Philippines
Note that the alternative spelling "capitalized=yes" has the same effect
- with both "onlythe=yes" and "capitalised=yes"
{{CountryPrefixThe|Kenya|onlythe=yes|capitalised=yes}}
→{{CountryPrefixThe|Philippines|onlythe=yes|capitalised=yes}}
→ The
Only "the"
[ਸੋਧੋ]The optional parameter "onlythe=yes" allow control of whether the countryname is included in the returned value.
There are some situations where the definite article is needed alone, e.g. when the countryname is to be linked but the word "the" should not be linked.
e.g.: products were exported to [[{{{country}}}]]
If {{{country}}}=United States
, then we get a grammatically incorrect result:
products were exported to [[{{{country}}}]]"
→ products were exported to United States
Alternatively, if {{{country}}}=United States
and we use {{CountryPrefixThe}}, then then word the is incorrectly part of the linked text
products were exported to [[{{CountryPrefixThe|{{{country}}}}}]]
→ products were exported to the United States
The solution is to use the onlythe=yes
parameter:
"products were exported to {{CountryPrefixThe|{{{country}}}|onlythe=yes}} [[{{country}}]]"
→ products were exported to the United States
Full parameter list
[ਸੋਧੋ]Unnamed parameter 1= the input value to be evaluated. The other parameters (all named, all optional), set options. The value of the options is calculated by {{Yesno}}, which interprets as "yes" case-insensitive forms of Yes
, y
, true
, and 1
{{yesno | | capitalised = | onlythe = }}
TemplateData
[ਸੋਧੋ]TemplateData for CountryPrefixThe
This template takes a country name, and returns the name prefixed by 'the' if that is required in running text. Otherwise just returns the country name.
ਮਾਪਦੰਡ | ਵੇਰਵਾ | ਕਿਸਮ | ਦਰਜਾ | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Input value | 1 | The value to be evaluated | String | required |
Output only the word 'the' | onlythe | Outputs only the word 'the' when the input value is a case-insensitive forms of 'Yes', 'Y', 'True' or '1' | String | optional |
Capitalise 'the'? | capitalised | Capitalises the word 'the' as 'The' when the input value is a case-insensitive forms of 'Yes', 'Y', 'True' or '1' | String | optional |
Capitalize 'the'? | capitalized | Synonym of 'capitalised'. Capitalises the word 'the' as 'The' when the input value is a case-insensitive forms of 'Yes', 'Y', 'True' or '1' | String | optional |
See also
[ਸੋਧੋ]- {{#invoke:ustring|gsub}} can be used to strip the "the" :
{{#invoke:ustring|gsub|the United Kingdom|^the ?|}}
→ United Kingdom{{#invoke:ustring|gsub|France|^the ?|}}
→ France