add WolframBeta[] function

arnoudbuzing · Apr 30, 2018 · b6502ea · b6502ea
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diff --git a/Prototypes/Prototypes.wl b/Prototypes/Prototypes.wl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Module[ {files},
   (* load in any session *)
   files = {"Build.wl", "Dataset.wl", "Files.wl",
   "Image.wl", "Language.wl", "Paclet.wl",
-  "Resources.wl", "Search.wl", "String.wl", "Color.wl", "Entities.wl"};
+  "Resources.wl", "Search.wl", "String.wl", "Color.wl", "Entities.wl", "WolframAlpha.wl"};
   Map[ Get[ FileNameJoin[{DirectoryName[$InputFileName], #}] ] &, files ];
 
   (* only load in a notebook session *)

diff --git a/Prototypes/Usage.wl b/Prototypes/Usage.wl
@@ -96,3 +96,5 @@ CreateNotebookIndex::usage = "CreateNotebookIndex[] creates a SearchIndexObject
 QuickSearch::usage = "QuickSearch[] provides a quick interactive way to search all notebooks under $InstallationDirectory. You need to run CreateNotebookIndex[] once before using this function";
 (* entities *)
 EntityPropertiesDataset::usage = "EntityPropertiesDataset[entity] creates a dataset for the supported properties for 'entity'";
+(* wolfram alpha *)
+WolframBeta::usage = "WolframBeta[input] translates 'input' to English, then calls WolframAlpha with the translation";
diff --git a/Prototypes/WolframAlpha.wl b/Prototypes/WolframAlpha.wl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+WolframBeta[ input_String, args___ ] := Module[{language, translation},
+  language = LanguageIdentify[input];
+  translation = If[language =!= Entity["Language", "English"], TextTranslation[input, language -> "English"], input];
+  WolframAlpha[translation, args]
+]