created by

Steve Hall

script type

utility

description

Find the matching ISO 639 (http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langcodes.html) language abbreviation or name when passed the other. Usage   Cream_iso639(word, ...) o Test {word} for match of ISO639-compliant language name, 3- or 2-letter abbreviation:   * Returns name if {word} matches either abbreviation.   * Returns 3-letter if {word} matches name.   * Returns 0 if no match is made. o Use {optional} argument to force a given return:   * Returns 3-letter if {optional} is "3" and {word} matches.   * Returns 2-letter if {optional} is "2" and {word} matches. (If no 2-letter exists, the 3-letter is returned.)   * Returns name if {optional} is "name" and {word} matches.   * Returns 0 if no match is made. o Matching is case-insensitive. But return values are capitalized according to the standard. (Name is title case, abbreviations are lower case.) o In a number of cases, ISO639-2 allows multiple descriptive names for a language.   * When passed the matching abbreviation, the function will return the preferred description (listed first in the ISO list).   * Conversely, any of the listed descriptions can be matched, not just the preferred. Examples   Condition where 2- and 3-letter abbreviations exist a language:   :echo Cream_iso639("abk")                      returns "Abkhazian"   :echo Cream_iso639("ab")                        returns "Abkhazian"   :echo Cream_iso639("Abkhazian")           returns "abk"   :echo Cream_iso639("Abkhazian", "3")    returns "abk"   :echo Cream_iso639("abk", "3")                returns "abk"   :echo Cream_iso639("ab", "3")                  returns "abk"   :echo Cream_iso639("Abkhazian", "2")    returns "ab"   :echo Cream_iso639("abk", "2")                returns "ab"   :echo Cream_iso639("ab", "2")                  returns "ab"   :echo Cream_iso639("Abkhazian", "name")  returns "Abkhazian"   :echo Cream_iso639("abk", "name")        returns "Abkhazian"   :echo Cream_iso639("ab", "name")          returns "Abkhazian"   Condition where a 2-letter abbreviation doesn't exist for language:   :echo Cream_iso639("Achinese")             returns "ace"   :echo Cream_iso639("ace")                       returns "Achinese"   :echo Cream_iso639("Achinese", "2")      returns "ace"   :echo Cream_iso639("ace", "2")               returns "ace"   Name or abbreviation unmatched:   :echo Cream_iso639("not-a-name")         returns 0   :echo Cream_iso639("not")                       returns 0

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
cream-iso639.vim	1.0	2004-07-17	6.0	Steve Hall	Initial upload

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