# NAME Lingua::Conjunction - Convert lists into simple linguistic conjunctions # VERSION Version 2.4 # SYNOPSIS Language-specific definitions. These may not be correct, and certainly they are not complete. E-mail corrections and additions to ``, and an updated version will be released. # SUBROUTINES/METHODS ## conjunction Lingua::Conjunction exports a single subroutine, `conjunction`, that converts a list into a properly punctuated text string. You can cause `conjunction` to use the connectives of other languages, by calling the appropriate subroutine: Lingua::Conjunction->lang('en'); # use 'and' Lingua::Conjunction->lang('es'); # use 'y' Lingua::Conjunction->lang(); # Tries to determine your language, otherwise falls back to 'en' Supported languages in this version are Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swahili. You can also set connectives individually: Lingua::Conjunction->separator("..."); Lingua::Conjunction->separator_phrase("--"); Lingua::Conjunction->connector_type("or"); # emits "Jack... Jill... or Spot" $name_list = conjunction('Jack', 'Jill', 'Spot'); ## separator Sets the separator, usually ',' or ';'. Lingua::Conjunction->separator(','); ## separator\_phrase Sets the alternate (phrase) separator. Lingua::Conjunction->separator_phrase(';'); The `separator_phrase` is used whenever the separator already appears in an item of the list. For example: # emits "Doe, a deer; Ray; and Me" $name_list = conjunction('Doe, a deer', 'Ray', 'Me'); ## penultimate Enables/disables penultimate separator. You may use the `penultimate` routine to disable the separator after the next to last item. In English, The Oxford Comma is a highly debated issue. # emits "Jack, Jill and Spot" Lingua::Conjunction->penultimate(0); $name_list = conjunction('Jack', 'Jill', 'Spot'); The original author was told that the penultimate comma is not standard for some languages, such as Norwegian. Hence the defaults set in the `%languages`. Lingua::Conjunction->penultimate(0); ## connector\_type Use "and" or "or", with appropriate translation for the current language Lingua::Conjunction->connector_type('and'); ## connector Sets the for the current connector\_type. Lingua::Conjunction->connector(SCALAR) ## lang Sets the language to use. If no arguments are given, it tries its best to guess. Lingua::Conjunction->lang('de'); # Changes the language to German # AUTHORS - Robert Rothenberg - Damian Conway # MAINTAINER 2021-present Maintained by Nigel Horne, C<< >> # CONTRIBUTORS - Ade Ishs - Mohammad S Anwar - Nigel Horne `` # SEE ALSO `Locale::Language`, `List::ToHumanString` The _Perl Cookbook_ in Section 4.2 has a similar subroutine called `commify_series`. The differences are that 1\. this routine handles multiple languages and 2\. being a module, you do not have to add the subroutine to a script every time you need it. # SOURCE The development version is on github at [https://github.com/nigelhorne/Lingua-Conjunction](https://github.com/nigelhorne/Lingua-Conjunction) and may be cloned from [git://github.com/nigelhorne/Lingua-Conjunction.git](git://github.com/nigelhorne/Lingua-Conjunction.git) # SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Lingua::Conjunction You can also look for information at: - MetaCPAN [https://metacpan.org/release/Lingua-Conjunction](https://metacpan.org/release/Lingua-Conjunction) - RT: CPAN's request tracker [https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Lingua-Conjunction](https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Lingua-Conjunction) - CPANTS [http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/Lingua-Conjunction](http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/Lingua-Conjunction) - CPAN Testers' Matrix [http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Lingua-Conjunction](http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Lingua-Conjunction) - CPAN Ratings [http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Lingua-Conjunction](http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Lingua-Conjunction) - CPAN Testers Dependencies [http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Lingua::Conjunction](http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Lingua::Conjunction) # BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website [https://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Lingua-Conjunction](https://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Lingua-Conjunction) When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is Copyright (c) 1999-2020 by Robert Rothenberg. This is free software, licensed under: The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)