Difference between revisions of "Template:RomanPageToNegativeArabic"
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| − | Use this template to convert a roman page number into a negative arabic number, where zero | + | Use this template to convert a roman page number into a negative arabic number, where zero the roman zero is treated as -100000. Thus, the roman number is converted into arabic value, and the result is -100000 + value. For instance, if <code><nowiki>value=x</nowiki></code>, the template will return -99990. If <code><nowiki>value=iv</nowiki></code>, the template will return -99996. If an empty string is passed as a value, an empty string is returned. All non roman characters are ignored. |
This is useful when storing the first page number of a publication for sorting purposes. | This is useful when storing the first page number of a publication for sorting purposes. | ||
Revision as of 16:23, 31 May 2020
Use this template to convert a roman page number into a negative arabic number, where zero the roman zero is treated as -100000. Thus, the roman number is converted into arabic value, and the result is -100000 + value. For instance, if value=x, the template will return -99990. If value=iv, the template will return -99996. If an empty string is passed as a value, an empty string is returned. All non roman characters are ignored.
This is useful when storing the first page number of a publication for sorting purposes.
NOTE: As any "printing" template, it doesn't store any values anywhere, but merely prints them on the page.
Parameters:
|value=- the roman page number to convert. E.g. "xiv", "lx", "mmx", etc.
