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* {{tl|Str find}} – Returns the numerical location of a given string in a string, up to 50 characters.
* {{tl|Str find}} – Returns the numerical location of a given string in a string, up to 50 characters.
* {{tl|Str find long}} – Returns the numerical location of a given string in a string, up to 80 characters.
* {{tl|Str find long}} – Returns the numerical location of a given string in a string, up to 80 characters.
* {{tl|Strfind short}} – Searches for a string within shorter lengths, lenstr=1-99.
* {{tl|Strfind short}} – Searches for a short string in a longer (up to 99 char) string. Performs faster than {{tl|str find}}
* {{tl|Str index}} – Returns a given character from a string, but not accented letters.
* {{tl|Str index}} – Returns a given character from a string, but not accented letters.
* {{tl|Str index any}} – Returns a given character from a string, but not a space.
* {{tl|Str index any}} – Returns a given character from a string, but not a space.
* {{tl|Chr}} – Returns a given character from a string, including a space.
* {{tl|Chr}} – Returns a given character from a string, including a space.
* {{tl|Str len}} – Returns a string's length. Can count up to 500 characters.
* {{tl|Str len}} – Returns a string's length. Can count up to 500 characters.
* {{tl|Strlen quick}} – Gets string length quickly, up to 70 long.
* {{tl|Strlen quick}} – Gets string length quickly (better performance), up to 70 long.
* {{tl|Strlen short}} – Gets length of short strings (1-50), using only 2 expansion levels.
* {{tl|Strlen short}} – Gets length of short strings (1-50), using only 2 expansion levels.
* {{tl|Str letter}} — Returns the number of letters that begin a string.
* {{tl|Str letter}} — Returns the number of letters that begin a string.

Revision as of 17:40, 5 February 2011

Trimming templates:

  • {{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 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 trim the first specified number of characters, returns a parameter if the string is empty.
  • {{Str rightmost}} — To trim down to the last specified number of characters.
  • {{Str sub}} — To trim down to a specified number, starting at a given number from the left, less than 50.
  • {{Substr any}} — To trim down to a specified number, starting at a given number from the left, less than 50, can extract accented letters.
  • {{Str sub long}} — To trim down to a specified number, starting at a given number from the left, less than 100.

Inserting strings:

  • {{Strloc insert}} - Inserts a string at strloc, or appends 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.

Analyzing strings:

  • {{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, up to 50 characters.
  • {{Str find long}} – Returns the numerical location of a given string in a string, up to 80 characters.
  • {{Strfind short}} – Searches for a short string in a longer (up to 99 char) string. Performs faster than {{str find}}
  • {{Str index}} – Returns a given character from a string, but not accented letters.
  • {{Str index any}} – Returns a given character from a string, but not a space.
  • {{Chr}} – Returns a given character from a string, including a space.
  • {{Str len}} – Returns a string's length. Can count up to 500 characters.
  • {{Strlen quick}} – Gets string length quickly (better performance), up to 70 long.
  • {{Strlen short}} – Gets length of short strings (1-50), using only 2 expansion levels.
  • {{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.

String length comparison templates:

  • {{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.

Sandboxes and test cases:

Technical stuff:

Feature requests:

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