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This template uses Lua :
{{Str letter/trim }} returns a string trimmed to its "beginning letters".
Examples {{str letter/trim}} →{{str letter/trim |12345}} →{{str letter/trim |123abc}} →{{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>}} → NRSee also
^ A reference for test purposes.
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)
Select/remove specific item from string
{{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).
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.
{{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
