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Use to remove the right-most {{{2}}} characters of a string {{{1}}}.
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{{str crop |Example |3}}
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Exam
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{{str crop |123.456|3}}
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123.
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{{str crop |123.456|-3}}
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12
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{{str crop |123.456|4}}
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123
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{{str crop |123.456|-4}}
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123
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{{str crop |123.456|0}}
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123.456
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{{str crop |123.456|7}}
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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}}
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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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