{{convert}} cannot handle the HTML entities that create dashes, they must be entered literally

• New Rule: "remove ndash and mdash"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(–|—|—)(\s| )?([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)?(\s| )?\b(cm|km|mm|(centi|kilo|milli)?m(et(er|re)(s)?)?|kg|mg|kilo(s)?|(kilo|milli)?g(ram(me)?(s)?)?|in(ch(es)?)?|mi(les)?|ft|feet|foot|lb|lbs|pound(s)?|oz|ounce(s)?)\b

• Replace:

$1-$5 $7

{{convert}} cannot handle numbers written as text, they must be converted. Most editors only write out the numbers 1-10.

• New Rule: "Text to numbers"

• New Subule: "one"

• Find:

\b(a(?:n)?|an|one)\b(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?\b((centi|kilo|milli)?met(er|re)?|kilo|(kilo|milli)?gram(me)?|inch|mile|foot|pound|ounce)\b

• Replace:

1$2$3$4$5

• New Subrule: "two"

• Find:

two(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?\b(cm|km|mm|(centi|kilo|milli)?m(et(er|re)(s)?)?|kg|mg|kilo(s)?|(kilo|milli)?g(ram(me)?(s)?)?|in(ch(es)?)?|mi(les?)?|ft|feet|foot|lb|lbs|pound(s)?|oz|ounce(s)?)\b

• Replace:

2$1$2$3$4

• Follow the example from Subrule "two" for "three"-"nine", creating a "ten" is optional. If you're unsure what to change, see the below examples.

{{convert}} only accepts the abbreviated versions of measurments (e.g. ft, not feet).

• New Rule: "Longhand to short"

• New subrule: "convert cm"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?(centimeter(s)?)

• Replace:

$1$3cm

• New subrule: "convert in"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?inch(es)?

• Replace:

$1$3in

• New subrule: "convert km"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?kilomet(er|re)(s)?

• Replace:

$1$3km

• New subrule: "convert m"

• Find:

([0-9]+.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?met(er|re)(s)?

• Replace:

$1$3m

• New subrule: "convert mm"

• Find:

([0-9]+.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?millimet(er|re)(s)?

• Replace:

$1$3mm

• New subrule: "convert ft"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?(feet|foot)

• Replace:

$1$3ft

• New subrule: "convert mi"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?mile(s)?

• Replace:

$1$3mi

• New subrule: "convert kg"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?kilo(gram(me)?)?(s)?

• Replace:

$1$3kg

• New subrule: "convert g"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?gram(me)?(s)?

• Replace:

$1$3g

• New subrule: "convert lb"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?(lbs|pound)(s)?

• Replace:

$1$3lb

• New subrule: "convert mg"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?milligram(me)?(s)?

• Replace:

$1$3mg

• New subrule: "convert oz"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(-)?(\s| )?ounce(s)?

• Replace:

$1$3oz

Now convert is ready to process the article.

First convert needs to be applied to measurement ranges (e.g. 2-4 mi).

• New subrule: "convert 2"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(to|-|and|by|x)(\s| )?([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?((c|k|m)?(m|g|i)n?|ft|lb|oz)\b(\s| )?(\(([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(((c|k|m)?(m|g|i)n?|ft|lb|oz)\b)?(\s| )?(to|-|and)?(\s| )?([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?(((c|k|m)?(m|g|i)n?|ft|lb|oz)\b)?\)?)?

• Replace:

{{convert|$1|$3|$5|$7|abbr=on}}

Now we can apply {{convert}} to measurements with handwritten conversions, using the supplied output conversion instead of the default one (e.g. 3 inches (76 mm) will be written as {{convert|3|in|mm}} instead of {{convert|3|in}} which would default to converting inches to centimeters)

• New subrule: "convert"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?((c|k|m)?(m|g|i)n?|ft|lb|oz)\b(\s| )?\(([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?((c|k|m)?(m|g|i)n?|ft|lb|oz)\b\)

• Replace:

{{convert|$1|$3|$9|abbr=on}}

The next conversions to be applied are those without handwritten conversions, for these we let {{convert}} decide what's best.

• New subrule: "force convert"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?((c|k|m)?(m|g|i)n?|ft|lb|oz)\b

• Replace:

{{convert|$1|$3|abbr=on}}

The final step is to convert adjective forms of measurements (e.g. a 10-foot pole).

• New subrule: "adj convert"

• Find:

([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?-(\s| )?((c|k|m)?(m|g|i)n?|ft|lb|oz)\b((\s| )?\(([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)(\s| )?-?(\s| )?((c|k|m)?(m|g|i)n?|ft|lb|oz)\b\))?

• Replace:

{{convert|$1|$4|adj=on}}