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{{High-use}}
{{Lua|Module:Detect singular}}

{{Tlb|Pluralize from text}} is used to detect if a text value is a plural list or not. Its intended usage is for infobox parameters, where the label might need to change from a singular version to a plural version.

For example, if an infobox uses a {{para|nickname}} parameter, the label might change from <code>Nickname</code> to <code>Nicknames</code> if the text value has more than one nickname.

The output of the template can be forced by including {{tl|force singular}} or {{tl|force plural}} in the generic parameter.

== Usage ==
* {{tlx|Pluralize from text|{{Var|text}}|singular{{=}}{{Var|singular output}}|likely{{=}}{{Var|likely plural output}}|plural{{=}}{{Var|plural output}}|link{{=}}{{Var|wikilink}}}}
* {{tlx|Pluralize from text|{{Var|text}}|{{Var|plural argument}}|{{Var|singular output}}|{{Var|plural output}}|{{Var|wikilink}}}}

==Parameters==
There are five named parameters that control the pluralization:
* {{para|no_comma}} – By default, [[comma]]s (or [[semicolon]]s) will cause the text string to be considered plural. Setting {{para|no_comma|1}} turns this behavior off.
* {{para|any_comma}} – By default, commas (or semicolons) that are adjacent to digits are singular. Setting {{para|any_comma|1}} turns this behavior off.
* {{para|no_and}} – By default, "and" causes a string to be plural. Setting {{para|no_and|1}} turns this behavior off.
* {{para|parse_links}} – By default, Wikilinks are considered to be unparseable (singular) objects. Setting {{para|parse_links|1}} will allow the parser to read the contents of the Wikilinks and determine whether that makes the string plural.
* {{para|parse_number}} – Setting {{para|parse_number|1}} will cause the first integer in the string to determine plurality.

Additional parameters:
* {{para|likely}} – The template makes a decision whether a string is a "likely plural" or a full "plural". The {{para|likely}} argument will be the output if the template determines that the string is only "likely plural". If {{para|likely}} is not given, "likely plural" and "plural" are treated identically.
* {{para|link}} – If the Wikilink is provided, the returned value will use that as a link, and the output will be the link's display text.

==TemplateData==
{{Format TemplateData|1=<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "Generic parameter",
"description": "Value of the wikitext parameter with unknown plurality",
"type": "content",
"required": true,
"example": "{{{language|}}}"
},
"2": {
"label": "Plural argument",
"description": "value of the wikitext parameter known to be plural",
"type": "string",
"example": "{{{languages|}}}"
},
"3": {
"label": "Singular output",
"description": "Label for the parameter if the value is singular",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"aliases": [
"singular"
],
"example": "Language"
},
"4": {
"label": "Plural output",
"description": "Label for the parameter if the value is plural",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"aliases": [
"plural"
],
"example": "Languages"
},
"5": {
"label": "Wikilink",
"description": "Page to link to in the label",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"aliases": [
"link"
],
"example": "Language"
},
"no_comma": {
"label": "Turn off comma processing",
"description": "By default, commas and semicolons indicate plurals. Setting to \"yes\" turns this off.",
"type": "boolean",
"required": false,
"default": "No"
},
"any_comma": {
"label": "Any comma is plural",
"description": "By default, commas and semicolons that are adjacent to digits are singular. Setting to \"yes\" turns this behavior off.",
"type": "boolean",
"required": false,
"default": "No"
},
"no_and": {
"label": "\"And\" is not plural",
"description": "By default, \"and\" causes a string to be plural. Setting to \"yes\" turns this behavior off.",
"type": "boolean",
"required": false,
"default": "No"
},
"parse_links": {
"label": "Parse wikilinks",
"description": "By default, Wikilinks are considered to be unparseable (singular) objects. Setting to \"yes\" will allow the parser to read the contents of the Wikilinks and determine whether that makes the string plural.",
"type": "boolean",
"required": false,
"default": "No"
},
"parse_number": {
"label": "Parse numbers",
"description": "Setting to \"yes\" will cause the first integer in the string to determine plurality.",
"type": "boolean",
"required": false,
"default": "No"
},
"likely": {
"label": "Likely output",
"description": "Output when input is likely, but not certain, to be plural",
"type": "string",
"required": false
}
},
"description": "Helper template to adjust infobox field labels based on whether value is plural or not",
"paramOrder": [
"1",
"2",
"3",
"likely",
"4",
"5",
"no_comma",
"any_comma",
"no_and",
"parse_links",
"parse_number"
]
}
</templatedata>
}}

==Examples==
* {{tlx|Pluralize from text|Chicagoan|singular{{=}}singular|plural{{=}}plural|_show_result=yes}}
* {{tlx|Pluralize from text|761 and 345|singular{{=}}singular|plural{{=}}plural|_show_result=yes}}
* {{tlx|Pluralize from text|1{{=}}|2{{=}}761/345|singular{{=}}singular|plural{{=}}plural|_show_result=yes}}
* {{tlx|Pluralize from text|Chicagoan|singular{{=}}Demonym|plural{{=}}Demonyms|link{{=}}Demonym|_show_result=yes}}
* {{tlx|Pluralize from text|761 and 345|singular{{=}}Area Code|plural{{=}}Area Codes|link{{=}}Area code|_show_result=yes}}

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