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String-handling templates
Trimming
By counting
{{
str mid
}}
To return a substring specified by position and length.
{{
trunc
}}
To trim down to a specified number of characters.
{{
str left
}}
To trim down to a specified number of characters or duplicate the string to a specified number.
{{
str crop
}}
To crop a specified number of characters off the end.
{{
chop head and tail
}}
To crop a specified number of characters off the beginning and end.
{{
str right
}}
To trim the first specified number of characters.
{{
str rightc
}}
To return a number of characters from the end, returns a parameter if the string is empty.
{{
str rightmost
}}
To trim down to the last specified number of characters.
{{
str sub old
}}
To trim down to a specified number, starting at a given number from the left.
{{
str sub new
}}
Select a substr based on starting and ending index.
{{
str index
}}
Returns a given character from a string, but not accented letters.
{{
Plain text
}}
,
{{
Nowiki
}}
Strips wikicode from a string.
By checking
{{
trim
}}
To trim any leading or trailing whitespace
{{
str letter/trim
}}
To trim down to the beginning letters.
{{
str number/trim
}}
To trim down to the beginning numbers.
{{
trim brackets
}}
To trim any leading or trailing square brackets.
{{
trim quotes
}}
To trim leading or trailing matching quotes.
{{
trim leading
}}
To trim up to six instances of specified <prefix>.
{{
string split
}}
Extract a short string from a long string.
{{
first word
}}
To trim down to the first space.
{{
remove first word
}}
To remove anything before the first space.
{{
last word
}}
To trim down from the last space.
{{
remove last word
}}
To remove anything after the last space.
Dedicated
{{
delink
}}
,
{{
trim brackets
}}
Removes wikilink brackets (wikicode);
all
or
outer only
.
{{
remove file prefix
}}
Removes "File:" (or "Image:") from filenames.
{{
PAGENAMEBASE
}}
To trim off any parenthesis text at the end of a string (disambiguation).
{{
title disambig text
}}
Returns text in parentheses at the end of a string (disambiguation).
{{
WikiProjectbasename
}}
Removes "WikiProject" from a pagename.
{{
remove unranked
}}
Removes the string "unranked_" from the left of a string (taxonomy).
{{
ship prefix
}}
Returns the length of a ship's name prefix, if listed (ship names).
{{
title year
}}
Returns the 4-digit year from a pagename, if any.
{{
title decade
}}
Returns the 4-digit decade (e.g. "1740s") from a pagename, if any.
Insertion, replacement and length
{{
strloc insert
}}
Inserts a string at character location strloc, or appends if strloc<=0.
{{
loop
}}
Repeat character string a specified number of times.
{{
replace
}}
Returns the string, after replacing
all
occurrences of a specified string with another string.
{{
str rep
}}
Returns the string, after replacing the first occurrence of a specified string with another string.
{{
digits
}}
Returns the string, after removing all characters that are not digits 0–9
{{
str len
}}
Returns a string's length.
{{
str ≥ len
}}
To check if a string is "longer or equally long" or "shorter" than a given length.
{{
str ≤ len
}}
To check if a string is "shorter or equally long" or "longer" than a given length.
{{
str ≠ len
}}
To check if a string is "not equal" or "equal" to a given length.
{{
str ≤ ≥ len
}}
To check if a string is "shorter", "equal", or "longer" than a given length.
Analysis and technical
{{
str endswith
}}
To check if a string ends with a given string.
{{
str find
}}
{{
strfind short
}}
Returns the numerical location of a given string in a string.
{{
str find0
}}
Zero-based substring search.
{{
str sub find
}}
Searches a substring in a string at the given offset.
{{
str letter
}}
Returns the number of letters that begin a string.
{{
str number
}}
Returns the number of numbers that begin a string.
{{
str gtr str
}}
Compares two strings for alphabetical order, and returns a value accordingly.
{{
ASCII code
}}
Returns the ASCII value of a single character.
{{
a or an
}}
Takes a noun and produces the appropriate indefinite article, based on whether the first letter is a vowel.
{{
Isnumeric
}}
Returns number when true, blank when not numeric.
{{
Count on page
}}
Counts how many times a string is used on a page
{{
String on page
}}
Finds if yes/no a string is used on a page
{{
Parse number
}}
Parse an integer or floating number
...Magic words
About
{{padleft:|}}
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...ParserFunctions
About
{{#titleparts:|}}, {{#expr:|}}, {{#ifeq:|}},
etc.
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