NAME

    Lingua::Conjunction - Convert Perl lists into linguistic
    conjunctions

SYNOPSIS

      use Lingua::Conjunction;

      # emits "Jack"
      $name_list = conjunction('Jack');

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

      # emits "Jack, a boy; Jill, a girl; and Spot, a dog"
      $name_list = conjunction('Jack, a boy', 'Jill, a girl', 'Spot, a dog');

      # emits "Jacques, un garcon; Jeanne, une fille; et Spot, un chien"
      Lingua::Enlist->lang('fr');
      $name_list = conjunction(
          'Jacques, un garcon',
          'Jeanne, une fille',
          'Spot, un chien'
      );

DESCRIPTION

    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:

        Lingua::Conjunction->lang('en');   # use 'and' (default)
        Lingua::Conjunction->lang('es');   # use 'y'

    Supported languages in this version are English, Spanish,
    French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Norwiegian, and Danish.

    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');

    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');

REVISION HISTORY

    Originally this modules was uploaded to CPAN as `Text::List'.
    After some criticism, this module was renamed.

    As per suggestions, other features were added. Probably too many
    features for what amounts to a simple hack.

SEE ALSO

    `Locale::Language'

AUTHORS

    Robert Rothenberg <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>

    Damian Conway <damian@csse.monash.edu.au>