Context
As explained more fully at Module:LaTeX2UTF8, the TeX/LaTeX typesetting systems use a bibliographic format called BibTeX which is in wide use in mathematical and scientific fields. This module contains the first initial steps to allow translation from BibTeX to the {{cite journal}} family of templates. Due to the use of "}}" in BibTeX, the raw BibTeX code should be kept in a separate module, not article space.
Usage
local p = {} function p.test(frame) local s = [[ @book {MR0161818, AUTHOR = {Erd{\H{o}}s, P{\'a}l and Sur{\'a}nyi, J{\'a}nos}, TITLE = {V\'alogatott fejezetek a sz\'amelm\'eletb{\H o}l}, PUBLISHER = {Tank\"onyvkiad\'o V\'allalat, Budapest}, YEAR = {1960}, PAGES = {250}, MRCLASS = {10.00}, MRNUMBER = {0161818 (28 \#5022)}, } ]] local c = p.BibTeX2Cite(s) return frame:expandTemplate{title = 'cite journal', args = c["citeparms"]} end
should result in returning
Erdős, Pál; Surányi, János (1960). "Válogatott fejezetek a számelmáletből". Tankányvkiadá Vállalat, Budapest. p. 250. MR MR0161818.
local p = {} local l2u = require( "Module:LaTeX2UTF8" ) function p.test(frame) local s = [[ @book {MR0161818, AUTHOR = {Erd{\H{o}}s, P{\'a}l and Sur{\'a}nyi, J{\'a}nos}, TITLE = {V\'alogatott fejezetek a sz\'amelm\'eletb{\H o}l}, PUBLISHER = {Tank\"onyvkiad\'o V\'allalat, Budapest}, YEAR = {1960}, PAGES = {250}, MRCLASS = {10.00}, MRNUMBER = {0161818 (28 \#5022)}, } ]] local c = p.BibTeX2Cite(s) return frame:expandTemplate{title = 'cite journal', args = c["citeparms"]} end function p.BibTeX2Cite(s) s = l2u.translate_diacritics( s ) s = l2u.translate_special_characters( s ) local c = {} c["citeparms"] = {} c["nonciteparms"] = {} local authorlist = mw.ustring.match( s, "AUTHOR = ({.-})" ) c["citeparms"]["last1"] = mw.ustring.match( authorlist, "(%a-), %a- ") c["citeparms"]["first1"] = mw.ustring.match( authorlist, "%a-, (%a-) ") local authoridx=2 for last,first in mw.ustring.gmatch(s, "and (%a-), (%a-)[ }]") do c["citeparms"]["last" .. authoridx] = last c["citeparms"]["first" .. authoridx] = first authoridx = authoridx+1 end c["nonciteparms"]["type"] = mw.ustring.match( s, "@(%a)+ {" ) c["citeparms"]["mr"] = mw.ustring.match( s, "{(MR%d+)," ) c["citeparms"]["title"] = mw.ustring.match( s, "TITLE = {(.-)}" ) c["citeparms"]["publisher"] = mw.ustring.match( s, "PUBLISHER = {(.-)}" ) c["citeparms"]["year"] = mw.ustring.match( s, "YEAR = {(.-)}" ) c["citeparms"]["pages"] = mw.ustring.match( s, "PAGES = {(.-)}" ) c["nonciteparms"]["mrclass"]= mw.ustring.match( s, "MRCLASS = {(.-)}" ) c["nonciteparms"]["mrnumber"] = mw.ustring.match( s, "MRNUMBER = {(.-)}" ) return c end return p