The string-inserter Template:Strloc_insert inserts a string into another string at a specified location, or appends it at the end.
- {{Strloc insert|<string1>|strloc=<n>|<string2>}}
Returns string1 with string2 inserted at location strloc=n, where n=1 denotes the start of the string (prepending). If strloc <= 0 then string2 is appended at the end of string1. The parameter strloc can be a math formula, such as: strloc={{{len}}}-2, or strloc=abs(-2*5)+6.
The following show various uses:
- {{Strloc insert|abcdef|strloc=4|ZZZ}} → abcZZZdef
- {{Strloc insert|123456|strloc=1|++}} → ++123456
- {{Strloc insert|Abcd|strloc=0 |EFG}} → AbcdEFG
- {{Strloc insert|<i>Out of Africa (film)|strloc=17|</i>}} → Out of Africa(film)
- {{Strloc insert|[[Out of Africa (film)|<i>Out of Africa (film)]]|strloc=17+20|</i>}} → Out of Africa (film)
- Note, the example wikilinking "Out of Africa" inserted "</i>" as end-italics,
but with strloc=17+20 to skip farther in the "[[ ]]" wikilink string.
- {{Strloc insert|<i>Cosmos (book)|strloc={{strfind_short|Cosmos (book)|(|1}}|</i>}} → Cosmos (book)
- In the example with "Cosmos (book)" the number for strloc was set by finding "(" in the
title. If there had been no "(" then the result would append "</i>" at the end of the title.
The text at the end (after string2) is subject to the limitations of Template:Str_right. Spaces around the inserted string are limited to 1 space, before or after:
Spaces beyond the inserted string might be encoded as " " rather than being real spaces.
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| By counting | | {{str mid}} | To return a substring specified by position and length. | | {{trunc}} | To trim down to a specified number of characters. | | {{str left}} | To trim down to a specified number of characters or duplicate the string to a specified number. | | {{str crop}} | To crop a specified number of characters off the end. | | {{chop head and tail}} | To crop a specified number of characters off the beginning and end. |
| | {{str right}} | To trim the first specified number of characters. | | {{str rightc}} | To return a number of characters from the end, returns a parameter if the string is empty. | | {{str rightmost}} | To trim down to the last specified number of characters. | | {{str sub old}} | To trim down to a specified number, starting at a given number from the left. | | {{str sub new}} | Select a substr based on starting and ending index. | | {{str index}} | Returns a given character from a string, but not accented letters. |
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| By checking | | {{trim}} | To trim any leading or trailing whitespace | | {{str letter/trim}} | To trim down to the beginning letters. | | {{str number/trim}} | To trim down to the beginning numbers. | | {{trim brackets}} | To trim any leading or trailing square brackets. |
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| Dedicated | | {{delink}} | Removes wikilink brackets (wikicode). | | {{remove file prefix}} | Removes "File:" (or "Image:") from filenames. | | {{PAGENAMEBASE}} | To trim off any parenthesis text at the end of a string (disambiguation). | | {{title disambig text}} | Returns text in parenthesis at the end of a string (disambiguation). |
| | {{WikiProjectbasename}} | Removes "WikiProject" from a pagename. | | {{remove unranked}} | Removes the string "unranked_" from the left of a string (taxonomy). | | {{ship prefix}} | Returns the length of a ship's name prefix, if listed (ship names). | | {{title year}} | Returns the 4-digit year from a pagename, if any. |
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Insertion, replacement and length |
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| {{strloc insert}} | Inserts a string at character location strloc, or appends if strloc<=0. | | {{loop}} | Repeat character string a specified number of times. | | {{repeat}} | Repeat a 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. | | {{str len}} | Returns a string's length. |
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| {{iflenge}} | [if len]gth [g]reater than or [e]qual to. | | {{str ≥ len}} | To check if a string is "longer or equally long" or "shorter" than a given length. | | {{str ≤ len}} | To check if a string is "shorter or equally long" or "longer" than a given length. | | {{str ≠ len}} | To check if a string is "not equal" or "equal" to a given length. | | {{str ≤ ≥ len}} | To check if a string is "shorter", "equal", or "longer" than a given length. |
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Analysis and technical |
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| {{str endswith}} | To check if a string ends with a given string. | {{str find}}
{{strfind short}} | Returns the numerical location of a given string in a string. | | {{str find0}} | Zero-based substring search. | | {{str sub find}} | Searches a substring in a string at the given offset. | | {{str letter}} | Returns the number of letters that begin a string. | | {{str number}} | Returns the number of numbers that begin a string. | | {{str gtr str}} | Compares two strings for alphabetical order, and returns a value accordingly. |
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