Comment by hereme888
1 day ago
My friend, I signed up, and looks like the passage validator is too strict on Bible refs, so I can't generate a report. It rejects smart quotes, en dashes, semicolons, and abbreviations, and seems to require full book names, ASCII hyphens, and comma-separated refs in one line. The format examples also seemed inconsistent.
Are they matching against a simple regex?
Inconsistent example format:
```
Enter any Bible reference - single verses, ranges, or entire chapters. Examples: "Matthew 5:3-12", "Psalm 23", "1 Corinthians 13"
Invalid reference format (e.g., John 3, 1 Cor 13:4-7, Gen 1-2). Book name only is not allowed.
```
Probably too simple, in my estimation. I was originally pulling from the LLM to get individual texts before bible itself was part of it, and when I changed it to using the fully generated APB I probably broke the passage validator.
I'll work immediately on that. Really sorry - but that's the exact thing I needed. Thanks for finding that. I'll try and add a few more credits so you can test more and find more problems.
Also, the Synod "works" but isn't quite ready for primetime... or even an early morning jog.
This should be fixed. I expanded out the input to include pretty much everything that's reasonable, and allow for : or periods. I used Logos pretty heavily so have gotten used to periods for notation.
I also added about 20 credits for you, if you feel up to trying the engine.
``` BIBLE_ABBREVIATIONS = { 'Gen': 'Genesis', 'Gn': 'Genesis', 'Exod': 'Exodus', 'Ex': 'Exodus', 'Exo': 'Exodus', 'Lev': 'Leviticus', 'Lv': 'Leviticus', 'Num': 'Numbers', 'Deut': 'Deuteronomy', 'Dt': 'Deuteronomy', 'Josh': 'Joshua', 'Jos': 'Joshua', 'Judg': 'Judges', 'Jdg': 'Judges', '1 Sam': '1 Samuel', '1Sam': '1 Samuel', '1st Sam': '1 Samuel', '1S': '1 Samuel', '1 S': '1 Samuel', '2 Sam': '2 Samuel', '2Sam': '2 Samuel', '2nd Sam': '2 Samuel', '2S': '2 Samuel', '2 S': '2 Samuel', '1 Kgs': '1 Kings', '1Kings': '1 Kings', '1st Kings': '1 Kings', '1K': '1 Kings', '1 K': '1 Kings', '2 Kgs': '2 Kings', '2Kings': '2 Kings', '2nd Kings': '2 Kings', '2K': '2 Kings', '2 K': '2 Kings', '1 Chr': '1 Chronicles', '1Chron': '1 Chronicles', '1st Chronicles': '1 Chronicles', '2 Chr': '2 Chronicles', '2Chron': '2 Chronicles', '2nd Chronicles': '2 Chronicles', 'Neh': 'Nehemiah', 'Esth': 'Esther', 'Est': 'Esther', 'Ps': 'Psalms', 'Psa': 'Psalms', 'Prov': 'Proverbs', 'Pro': 'Proverbs', 'Eccl': 'Ecclesiastes', 'Ecc': 'Ecclesiastes', 'Song': 'Song of Solomon', 'SOS': 'Song of Solomon', 'Cant': 'Song of Solomon', 'Isa': 'Isaiah', 'Jer': 'Jeremiah', 'Lam': 'Lamentations', 'Ezek': 'Ezekiel', 'Eze': 'Ezekiel', 'Dan': 'Daniel', 'Hos': 'Hosea', 'Obad': 'Obadiah', 'Ob': 'Obadiah', 'Mic': 'Micah', 'Nah': 'Nahum', 'Hab': 'Habakkuk', 'Zeph': 'Zephaniah', 'Zep': 'Zephaniah', 'Hag': 'Haggai', 'Zech': 'Zechariah', 'Zec': 'Zechariah', 'Mal': 'Malachi', 'Matt': 'Matthew', 'Mt': 'Matthew', 'Mk': 'Mark', 'Mrk': 'Mark', 'Lk': 'Luke', 'Luk': 'Luke', 'Jn': 'John', 'Jhn': 'John', 'Rom': 'Romans', 'Rm': 'Romans', '1 Cor': '1 Corinthians', '1Cor': '1 Corinthians', '1st Corinthians': '1 Corinthians', '2 Cor': '2 Corinthians', '2Cor': '2 Corinthians', '2nd Corinthians': '2 Corinthians', 'Gal': 'Galatians', 'Eph': 'Ephesians', 'Phil': 'Philippians', 'Php': 'Philippians', 'Col': 'Colossians', '1 Thess': '1 Thessalonians', '1Thess': '1 Thessalonians', '1st Thessalonians': '1 Thessalonians', '2 Thess': '2 Thessalonians', '2Thess': '2 Thessalonians', '2nd Thessalonians': '2 Thessalonians', '1 Tim': '1 Timothy', '1Tim': '1 Timothy', '1st Timothy': '1 Timothy', '2 Tim': '2 Timothy', '2Tim': '2 Timothy', '2nd Timothy': '2 Timothy', 'Phlm': 'Philemon', 'Phm': 'Philemon', 'Heb': 'Hebrews', 'Jas': 'James', 'Jms': 'James', '1 Pet': '1 Peter', '1Pet': '1 Peter', '1st Peter': '1 Peter', '2 Pet': '2 Peter', '2Pet': '2 Peter', '2nd Peter': '2 Peter', '1 Jn': '1 John', '1John': '1 John', '1st John': '1 John', '2 Jn': '2 John', '2John': '2 John', '2nd John': '2 John', '3 Jn': '3 John', '3John': '3 John', '3rd John': '3 John', 'Rev': 'Revelation', 'Rv': 'Revelation' } ```
Thanks! Really looking forward to seeing the output, but still broken on my side (Chrome browser). The form is rejects multi-reference input and seems to treat the whole line as one ref.
Fails with:
```
Matthew 5:31-32; Matthew 19:3-9; Mark 10:2-12; Luke 16:18; 1 Corinthians 7:10-16; 1 Corinthians 7:39; Romans 7:2-3
```
```
"Matthew 5:31–32", "Matthew 19:3–9", "Mark 10:2–12", "Luke 16:18", "1 Corinthians 7:10–16", "1 Corinthians 7:39", "Romans 7:2–3"
```
```
Matt 5:31-32, 19:3-9; Mk 10:2-12; Lk 16:18; 1 Cor 7:10-16, 7:39; Rom 7:2-3
```
```
Matt 5.31-32, 19.3-9; Mk 10.2-12; Lk 16.18; 1 Cor 7.10-16, 7.39; Rom 7.2-3
```
```
Matthew 5:31-32 Matthew 19:3-9 Mark 10:2-12 Luke 16:18 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 1 Corinthians 7:39 Romans 7:2-3
```
Maybe the validator isn't splitting the string on separators before parsing, or choke on leading numerals or spaces, or normalization to ascii?
Ah - it is only designed to do a report on one continuous passage at a time. It's not designed to handle multiple passages at the same time. I could make that clearer.
It's probably my desire as a expository preacher to only handle a passage in its immediate context when I can help it.
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