# NAME

Lingua::Conjunction - Convert lists into simple linguistic conjunctions

# VERSION

Version 2.7

# SYNOPSIS

Language-specific definitions.
These may not be correct, and certainly they are not complete.
E-mail corrections and additions to `<njh at bandsman.co.uk>`,
and an updated version will be released.

# SUBROUTINES/METHODS

## conjunction

Lingua::Conjunction exports a single subroutine, `conjunction`, that
converts a list into a properly punctuated text string.

You can cause `conjunction` to use the connectives of other languages, by
calling the appropriate subroutine:

    use Lingua::Conjunction;

    Lingua::Conjunction->lang('en');    # use 'and'
    Lingua::Conjunction->lang('es');    # use 'y'
    Lingua::Conjunction->lang();        # Tries to determine your language, otherwise falls back to 'en'

Supported languages in this version are
Afrikaans,
Danish,
Dutch,
English,
French,
German,
Indonesian,
Italian,
Latin,
Norwegian,
Portuguese,
Spanish,
and Swahili.

You can also set connectives individually:

    Lingua::Conjunction->separator("...");
    Lingua::Conjunction->separator_phrase("--");
    Lingua::Conjunction->connector_type("or");

    # emits "Jack... Jill... or Spot"
    $name_list = conjunction('Jack', 'Jill', 'Spot');

## separator

Sets the separator, usually ',' or ';'.

    Lingua::Conjunction->separator(',');

Returns the previous value.

## separator\_phrase

Sets the alternate (phrase) separator.

    Lingua::Conjunction->separator_phrase(';');

The `separator_phrase` is used whenever the separator already appears in
an item of the list. For example:

    # emits "Doe, a deer; Ray; and Me"
    $name_list = conjunction('Doe, a deer', 'Ray', 'Me');

Returns the previous value;

## penultimate

Enables/disables penultimate separator.

You may use the `penultimate` routine to disable the separator after the
next to last item.
In English, The Oxford Comma is a highly debated issue.

    # emits "Jack, Jill and Spot"
    Lingua::Conjunction->penultimate(0);
    $name_list = conjunction('Jack', 'Jill', 'Spot');

The original author was told that the penultimate comma is not standard for some
languages, such as Norwegian.
Hence the defaults set in the `%languages`.

    Lingua::Conjunction->penultimate(0);

Returns the previous value.

## connector\_type

Use "and" or "or", with appropriate translation for the current language

    Lingua::Conjunction->connector_type('and');

## connector

Sets the for the current connector\_type.

    Lingua::Conjunction->connector(SCALAR)

Returns the previous value.

## lang

Sets the language to use.
If no arguments are given,
it tries its best to guess.

    Lingua::Conjunction->lang('de');    # Changes the language to German

# AUTHORS

- Robert Rothenberg <rrwo@cpan.org>
- Damian Conway <damian@conway.org>

# MAINTAINER

2021-present	Maintained by Nigel Horne, `<njh at bandsman.co.uk>`

# CONTRIBUTORS

- Ade Ishs <adeishs@cpan.org>
- Mohammad S Anwar <mohammad.anwar@yahoo.com>
- Nigel Horne `<njh at bandsman.co.uk>`

# SEE ALSO

`Locale::Language`, `List::ToHumanString`

The _Perl Cookbook_ in Section 4.2 has a similar subroutine called
`commify_series`. The differences are that
1\. this routine handles multiple languages and
2\. being a module, you do not have to add the subroutine to a script every time you need it.

# SOURCE

The development version is on github at [https://github.com/nigelhorne/Lingua-Conjunction](https://github.com/nigelhorne/Lingua-Conjunction)
and may be cloned from [git://github.com/nigelhorne/Lingua-Conjunction.git](git://github.com/nigelhorne/Lingua-Conjunction.git)

# SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Lingua::Conjunction

You can also look for information at:

- MetaCPAN

    [https://metacpan.org/release/Lingua-Conjunction](https://metacpan.org/release/Lingua-Conjunction)

- RT: CPAN's request tracker

    [https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Lingua-Conjunction](https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Lingua-Conjunction)

- CPAN Testers' Matrix

    [http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Lingua-Conjunction](http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Lingua-Conjunction)

- CPAN Testers Dependencies

    [http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Lingua::Conjunction](http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Lingua::Conjunction)

# BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
[https://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Lingua-Conjunction](https://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Lingua-Conjunction)

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a
patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired
feature.

# LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

This software is Copyright (c) 1999-2020 by Robert Rothenberg.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

The current maintainer is Nigel Horne.