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The simplest operation is taking a substring, a snippet of the string taken at a certain offset (called an "index") from the start or end. There are a number of legacy templates offering this but for new code use {{#invoke:String|sub|string|startIndex|endIndex}}. The indices are one-based (meaning the first is number one), inclusive (meaning ...
This template is used on 206,000+ pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage.
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.
This template removes the first word of the first parameter. Use |1= for the first parameter if the string may contain an equals sign (=). By default, words are delimited by spaces, but the optional parameter |sep= can set the separator to any character.
The template takes a substring of ''text'' starting at ''start'' and containing ''length'' characters. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Text 1 The substring to be trimmed. String required Numeric position 2 Numeric position of the starting character within the string Number required Count 3 Number of characters for the substring Number required See also
{{#invoke:String|endswith|source_str|search_string}} OR {{#invoke:String|endswith|source= source_string |pattern= search_string}} Returns "yes" if the source string ends with the search string. Use named parameters to have the strings trimmed before use. Despite the parameter name, search_string is not a Lua pattern, it is interpreted literally.
In PHP, here documents are referred to as heredocs. In PHP heredocs are not string literals. Heredoc text behaves just like a double-quoted string, but without the double quotes. For example, meaning `$` will be parsed as a variable start, and `${` or `{$` as a complex variable start.
This template is used on approximately 580,000 pages, or roughly 1% of all pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage .