Template:Trim brackets
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This template trims leading and trailing square brackets and whitespace from a string. This is similar to {{delink}}, but it won't remove brackets from the middle of the string. The string should be passed as the first unnamed parameter or using |1= if your string contains any = signs. You may substitute this template - that is, if used as {{subst:trim brackets}}, the resulting wikicode is "clean".
Usage
{{trim brackets|text}} = text with any leading or trailing square brackets removed (as long as text doesn't contain any = signs).
{{trim brackets|1=text}} = text with any leading or trailing square brackets removed.
Example
- "
{{trim brackets|1= [[abc]] }}" produces "abc".
- "
{{trim brackets|1= [[abc]], [[def]], and [[ghi]] }}" produces "abc]], def, and [[ghi"
("{{delink|1= [[abc]], [[def]], and [[ghi]] }}" produces "abc, def, and ghi").
- "
{{trim brackets|1= [[abc|xyz]] }}" produces "abc|xyz".
Template data
This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Trim brackets in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for Trim brackets
<templatedata> {
"description": "The template trims leading and trailing square brackets from a string.",
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "String",
"description": "The string to be trimmed",
"type": "string",
"required": true
}
}
} </templatedata>
See also
- {{delink}}, which does nearly the exact same thing, but also removes balanced pairs of square brackets that aren't leading and trailing and has additional options.
- {{trim}}
- {{Escape page link from within}}
- {{Linked}} – links if not already linked