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Str letter/trim}} returns a string
trimmed to its "beginning letters".
Examples
{{str letter/trim}}
→
{{str letter/trim |12345}}
→
{{str letter/trim |123abc}}
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{{str letter/trim |abcdef?}}
→ abcdef
{{str letter/trim |abc def}}
→ abc
{{str letter/trim |ABcD123}}
→ ABcD
{{str letter/trim |abc, def}}
→ abc
{{str letter/trim |abc(def)}}
→ abc
{{str letter/trim |(def)}}
→
{{str letter/trim |~def}}
→
{{str letter/trim |ÁbČĐÈęFğ}}
→ ÁbČĐÈęFğ
{{str letter/trim |abcdefghijklmnopqrst}}
→ abcdefghijklmnopqrst
{{str letter/trim |abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}}
→ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
{{str letter/trim | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}}
→ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
{{str letter/trim |NR<ref>A reference for test purposes.</ref>}}
→ NR
See also
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^ A reference for test purposes.
String-handling templates
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Substring (select chunk of string by its position) |
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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. |
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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. |
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Trimming (select/remove chunk of string by character type) |
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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>. |
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Select/remove specific item from string |
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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. |
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Insertion, replacement and length |
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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. |
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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. |
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Analysis and searching |
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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. |
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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. |
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Modules and built-in functions |
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