Template:String-handling templates

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String-handling templates (help page)

Substring (select chunk of string by its position)

{{ str sub new}}	Select a substring based on starting and ending index counted in either direction.
{{ str left}}	Keep the first N characters of a string, or duplicate it to N characters.
{{ str crop}}	Return all but the last N characters of a string.
{{ str index}}	Return the N-th character of a string.

{{ str right}}	Return substring starting at N-th character to end of string.
{{ str rightc}}	Return the last N characters of a string; or a given value if empty.
{{ str sub old}}	Return substring of given length starting at N-th character.

Trimming (select/remove chunk of string by character type)

{{ trim}}	Trim any leading or trailing whitespace
{{ str letter/trim}}	Trim down to the beginning letters.
{{ str number/trim}}	Trim down to the beginning numbers.
{{ trim brackets}}	Trim any leading or trailing square brackets.
{{ trim quotes}}	Trim leading or trailing matching quotes.
{{ trim leading}}	Trim up to six instances of specified <prefix>.

{{ string split}}	Extract a short string from a long string.
{{ first word}}	Trim down to the first space.
{{ remove first word}}	Remove anything before the first space.
{{ last word}}	Trim down from the last space.
{{ remove last word}}	Remove anything after the last space.

Select/remove specific item from string

{{ delink}} , {{ trim brackets}}	Removes wikilink brackets (wikicode); all or outer only.
{{ Plain text}}	Removes wikicode (formatting and brackets)
{{ PAGENAMEBASE}}	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.

{{ ship prefix}}	Returns the length of a ship's name prefix, if listed (ship names).
{{ title year}}	Returns the 3-or-4-digit year from a pagename, if any.
{{ title decade}}	Returns the 4-digit decade (e.g. "1740s") from a pagename, if any.
{{ title number}}	Returns any number from a pagename.

Insertion, replacement and length

{{ 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
{{ Nowiki}}	Displays wikitext as plain text.

{{ str len}}	Returns a string's length.
{{ str ≥ len}}	Check if a string is "longer or equally long" or "shorter" than a given length.
{{ str ≤ len}}	Check if a string is "shorter or equally long" or "longer" than a given length.
{{ str ≠ len}}	Check if a string is "not equal" or "equal" to a given length.

Analysis and searching

{{ str startswith}} {{ str endswith}}	Check if a string starts or ends with a given string.
{{ str find}} , {{ strfind short}}	Returns the numerical location of a given string in a string.
{{ in string}}	Returns optional string when given string is not found
{{ str count}}	Count the number of occurrences of a pattern within a string.
{{ reSwitch}}	Match one or multiple patterns with a variety of possible outputs.

{{ a or an}}	Takes a noun and produces the appropriate indefinite article, based on whether the first letter is a vowel.
{{ Array}}	Array manipulation and retrieval.
{{ Isnumeric}}	Returns number when true, blank when not numeric.
{{ str letter}}	Returns the number of letters that begin a string.
{{ str number}}	Returns the number of numbers that begin a string.

Modules and built-in functions
Module:String, Module:String2, Module:Ustring, Module:Text, wikitext handling: modules that together contain most necessary string functions. Magic words: About `{{padleft:\|}}`, `{{lc:\|}}`, `{{formatnum:\|}}` etc. ParserFunctions: About `{{#titleparts:\|}}, {{#expr:\|}}, {{#ifeq:\|}},` etc.

Category:String manipulation templates

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