String-handling templates
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>.
Dedicated {{ 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:|}}. ...ParserFunctions About {{#titleparts:|}}, {{#expr:|}}, {{#ifeq:|}}, etc.
