Template:FormatName

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{{#lua:

 replacements = {
 ["alpha"] = "α",
 ["beta"] = "β",
 ["chi"]  = "χ",
 ["delta"] = "δ",
 ["Delta"] = "Δ",
 ["epsilon"] = "ε",
 ["zeta"] = "ζ",
 ["phi"] = "φ",
 ["gamma"] = "γ",
 ["Gamma"] = "Γ",
 ["eta"] = "η",
 ["kappa"] = "κ",
 ["lambda"] = "λ", 
 ["mu"] = "μ", 
 ["nu"] = "ν", 
 ["pi"] = "π",
 ["Pi"] = "Π",
 ["theta"] = "θ",
 ["tau"] = "τ",
 ["upsilon"] = "υ",
 ["Upsilon"] = "Υ",
 ["phi"] = "φ",
 ["psi"] = "ψ",
 ["xi"] = "ξ",
 ["omega"] = "ω",
 ["sigma"] = "σ",
 }
 name = stdin:match("[^&]+")
 name = string.gsub (name, "%a+", 
 function (str)
   return replacements [str] or str
 end
 )
 name = string.gsub( name, "_([%d.]+)^([%d.]+) ", '%1%2')
 name = string.gsub( name, "^([%d.]+)_([%d.]+) ", '%1%2')
 name = string.gsub( name, "_(%d%d?) ", "%1 " )
 name = string.gsub( name, "^(%d%d?) ", "%1 " )
 print(name)

|==Greek Letters== Write Alpha, Beta, or Gamma in lowercase.

Example. (in lowercase)
  • Alpha --> alpha
  • Beta --> beta
  • Gamma --> gamma
  • Delta --> Delta

}}


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