Module:Convert to eastern arabic numerals/sandbox

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This module converts from Western Arabic numerals (i.e. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) to Eastern Arabic numerals (i.e. ٩ ,٨ ,٧ ,٦ ,٥ ,٤ ,٣ ,٢ ,١ ,٠)

Usage

From wikitext

This should generally be invoked from the corresponding template {{Eastern arabic numerals}}; however it make be directly invoked as well

{{#invoke:Convert to eastern arabic numerals|convert|3.1415}}

From Lua

Load the module with the following code:

local mConvertNumerals = require('Module:Convert to eastern arabic numerals')

And then from there you can convert using the _convert function.

mConvertNumerals._convert({"3.1415"})

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local p = {}

local CONVERSION_TABLE = {
  ["0"] = "٠",
  ["1"] = "١",
  ["2"] = "٢",
  ["3"] = "٣",
  ["4"] = "٤",
  ["5"] = "٥",
  ["6"] = "٦",
  ["7"] = "٧",
  ["8"] = "٨",
  ["9"] = "٩",
  ["."] = ","
}

function p._convert(args)
  if not args or not args[1] then
    return "Error! Arguments provided are null"
  end
  local num_str = tostring(args[1])
  local new_str = string.gsub(num_str, "[0-9.]", CONVERSION_TABLE)
  return new_str
end

function p.convert(frame)
  return p._convert(frame.args)
end

return p