Difference between revisions of "Template:String-handling templates"

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List of templates in Template:Cat.

{{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.
{{Trim}} — To trim any leading or trailing whitespace.
{{First word}} — To trim down to the first space.
{{Remove first word}} — To remove anything before the first space.
{{Str letter/trim}} — To trim down to the beginning letters.
{{Str number/trim}} — To trim down to the beginning numbers.
{{Title without disambig}} — To trim off any parenthesis text at the end of a string.
{{Title disambig text}} – Returns text in parenthesis at the end of a string.
{{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.
{{trim}} — Removes whitespace ({{Strip whitespace}} does so too, but is less effective)

{{Strloc insert}} - Inserts a string at character location strloc, or appends if strloc<=0.
{{Strloc prefix}} - Extracts string prefix up to location strloc, or whole string if strloc<=0.
{{Str rep}} — Returns the string, replacing the first occurrence of a specified string, with another string. Requires a match.
{{Str repc}} — Returns the string, replacing the first occurrence of a specified string, with another string, if there is one.
{{Repeat}} — Repeat character string n times

{{Str endswith}} – To check if a string ends with a given string.
{{Str find}} – Returns the numerical location of a given string in a string.
{{Strfind short}} – Searches for a short string in a longer (up to 99 char) string. Performs faster than {{str find}}
{{Str find0}} – Very fast zero-based substring search with string support up to 90 characters.
{{Str sub find}} – Searches a substring in a string at the given offset.
{{Str index}} – Returns a given character from a string, but not accented letters.
{{Chr}} – Returns a given character from a string, including a space.
{{Str len}} – Returns a string's length.
{{Str letter}} — Returns the number of letters that begin a string.
{{Str number}} — Returns the number of numbers that begin a string.
{{Ship prefix}} — Returns the length of a ship name prefix, if listed.

{{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.

mw:Help:Magic words – About {{padleft:|}}.
mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions – About {{#titleparts:|}}, {{#expr:|}}, {{#ifeq:|}}, etc.

bugzilla:6455 - Set $wgPFEnableStringFunctions = true on WMF wikis
bugzilla:26092 - Enable or install string parsing wikimarkup functionality on WMF wikis

Future:

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 * {{tl|Str rightc}} — To return a number of characters from the end, returns a parameter if the string is empty.
 * {{tl|Str rightmost}} — To trim down to the last specified number of characters.
-* {{tl|Str sub}} — To trim down to a specified number, starting at a given number from the left.
+* {{tl|Str sub old}} — To trim down to a specified number, starting at a given number from the left.
+* {{tl|Str sub new}} — Select a substr based on starting and ending index.
 * {{tl|trim}} — Removes [[whitespace]] ({{tl|Strip whitespace}} does so too, but is less effective)