local p = {}
--Abbreviation, the long title (put a space at the end), the category name
p.main = {
Act = {"Act No. ", "Acts of the Philippines"},
AO = {"Administrative Order No. ", "Administrative Orders of the Philippines by "},
BAA = {"Bangsamoro Autonomy Act No. ", "Bangsamoro Autonomy Acts"},
BP = {"Batas Pambansa Blg. ", "Batas Pambansa"},
CA = {"Commonwealth Act No. ", "Commonwealth Acts of the Philippines"},
EO = {"Executive Order No. ", "Executive Orders of the Philippines by "},
GO = {"General Order No. ", "General Orders of the Philippines by "},
LOI = {"Letter of Instruction No. ", "Letter of Instructions of the Philippines by "},
LOImp = {"Letter of Implementation No. ", "Letter of Implementations of the Philippines"},
MC = {"Memorandum Circular No. ", "Memorandum Circulars of the Philippines by "},
MO = {"Memorandum Order No. ", "Memorandum Orders of the Philippines by "},
PD = {"Presidential Decree No. ", "Presidential Decrees of the Philippines"},
PP = {"Proclamation No. ", "Presidential Proclamations of the Philippines by "},
RA = {"Republic Act No. ", "Republic Acts of the Philippines"},
SO = {"Special Order No. ", "Special Orders of the Philippines by "},
}
-- Abbreviation, the long name, first year, last year
p.presidents = {
EA = {"Emilio Aguinaldo", 1899, 1901},
MLQ = {"Manuel Luis Quezon", 1935, 1944},
JPL = {"Jose Paciano Laurel", 1943, 1945},
SO = {"Sergio Osmeña", 1944, 1946},
MAR = {"Manuel Roxas", 1946, 1948},
EQ = {"Elpidio Quirino", 1948, 1953},
RM = {"Ramon Magsaysay", 1953, 1957},
CPG = {"Carlos Polestico Garcia", 1957, 1961},
DPM = {"Diosdado Macapagal", 1961, 1965},
FEM = {"Ferdinand Marcos", 1965, 1986},
CCA = {"Corazon Aquino", 1986, 1992},
FVR = {"Fidel Valdez Ramos", 1992, 1998},
JEE = {"Joseph Estrada", 1998, 2001},
GMA = {"Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo", 2001, 2010},
BSA = {"Benigno Aquino III", 2010, 2016},
RRD = {"Rodrigo Duterte", 2016, os.date("%Y")},
}
p.getAbbr = function (long, includeNumber)
-- Removes the law number to get the name
if string.find(long, "%d+") then
numberPosition = string.find(long, "%d+")
name = string.sub(long, 0, numberPosition-1)
end
for k, v in pairs( p.main ) do
if (v[1] == name) then
return k..(includeNumber and string.sub(long, numberPosition-1, #long) or "")
end
end
end
return p
