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Lua :
Usage
{{replace|string |target |replacement |count=n }}
Returns string with the first n occurrences of target replaced with replacement . Omitting count
will replace all occurrences. Space counts as a character if placed in any of the first three parameters.
Examples
{{replace|One two two three two four twotwo five|two|NINE}}
→ One NINE NINE three NINE four NINENINE five
{{replace|One two two three two four twotwo five|two|NINE|count=2}}
→ One NINE NINE three two four twotwo five
{{replace|foo_bar|_| }}
→ foo bar
Space
{{replace|One-two two-three two-four twotwo-five|-|—}}
→ One—two two—three two—four twotwo—five
{{replace|One-two two-three two-four twotwo-five|- |—}}
→ One-two two-three two-four twotwo-five
See also
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>.
Select/remove specific item from string
{{
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 from a pagename (e.g. "1740" from "Foo 1740s bar"), 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