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| title = String-handling templates [[Help:Manipulating_strings|(help page)]]
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<!---------------------- Trimming ------------------------->
| abbr1 = trim
| sect1 = [[Trimming (computer programming)|Trimming]]
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  | group1 = By counting
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  '''{{ml|string|sub|section=#sub}}''', {{tl|str sub new}}: Select a substring based on starting and ending index counted in either direction.
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    | {{Aligned table |style=padding-right:2.5em;
       |col1style=width:12.5em;text-align:right;padding-right:0.75em;
       | {{tl|trunc}}         | To trim down to a specified number of characters.
       | {{tl|str left}}      | To trim down to a specified number of characters or duplicate the string to a specified number.
       | {{tl|str crop}}      | To crop a specified number of characters off the end.
       | {{tl|str index}}     | Returns a given character from a string, but not accented letters.
      }}
    | {{Aligned table
       |col1style=width:12.5em;text-align:right;padding-right:0.75em;
       | {{tl|str right}}     | To trim the first specified number of characters.
       | {{tl|str rightc}}    | To return a number of characters from the end, returns a parameter if the string is empty.
       | {{tl|str rightmost}} | To trim down to the last specified number of characters.
       | {{tl|str sub old}}   | To trim down to a specified number, starting at a given number from the left.
   }} }}

  | group2 = By checking
  | list2 =
   {{Aligned table |fullwidth=on |style=text-align:left; |col1width=50%;
    | {{Aligned table |style=padding-right:2.5em;
       |col1style=width:12.5em;text-align:right;padding-right:0.75em;
       | {{tl|trim}}                | To trim any leading or trailing whitespace
       | {{tl|str letter/trim}}     | To trim down to the beginning letters.
       | {{tl|str number/trim}}     | To trim down to the beginning numbers.
       | {{tl|trim brackets}}       | To trim any leading or trailing square brackets.
       | {{tl|trim quotes}}         | To trim leading or trailing matching quotes.
       | {{tl|trim leading}}        | To trim up to six instances of specified <prefix>.
      }}
    | {{Aligned table
       |col1style=width:12.5em;text-align:right;padding-right:0.75em;
       | {{tl|string split}}        | Extract a short string from a long string.
       | {{tl|first word}}          | To trim down to the first space.
       | {{tl|remove first word}}   | To remove anything before the first space.
       | {{tl|last word}}           | To trim down from the last space.
       | {{tl|remove last word}}    | To remove anything after the last space.
   }} }}

  | group3 = Dedicated
  | list3 =
   {{Aligned table |fullwidth=on |style=text-align:left; |col1width=50%;
    | {{Aligned table |style=padding-right:2.5em;
       |col1style=width:12.5em;text-align:right;padding-right:0.75em;
       | {{tl|delink}}, {{tl|trim brackets}} | Removes wikilink brackets (wikicode); ''all'' or ''outer only''.
       | {{tl|remove file prefix}}  | Removes "File:" (or "Image:") from filenames.
       | {{tl|PAGENAMEBASE}}        | To trim off any parenthesis text at the end of a string (disambiguation).
       | {{tl|title disambig text}} | Returns text in parentheses at the end of a string (disambiguation).
      }}
    | {{Aligned table
       |col1style=width:12.5em;text-align:right;padding-right:0.75em;
       | {{tl|WikiProjectbasename}} | Removes "WikiProject" from a pagename.
       | {{tl|ship prefix}}         | Returns the length of a ship's name prefix, if listed (ship names).
       | {{tl|title year}}          | Returns the 4-digit year from a pagename, if any.
       | {{tl|title decade}}        | Returns the 4-digit decade (e.g. "1740s") from a pagename, if any.
   }} }}
 }}

<!----------- Insertion, replacement, length -------------->
| abbr2 = IRL
| sect2 = Insertion, replacement and length
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  |  <!---(Insertion, replacement)--->
    {{Aligned table |style=padding-right:2.5em;
     |col1style=text-align:right;padding-right:0.75em;
     | {{tl|loop}}          | Repeat character string a specified number of times.
     | {{tl|replace}}       | Returns the string, after replacing ''all'' occurrences of a specified string with another string.
     | {{tl|str rep}}       | Returns the string, after replacing the first occurrence of a specified string with another string.
     | {{tl|digits}}        | Returns the string, after removing all characters that are not digits 0–9
     | {{tl|Plain text}}, {{tl|Nowiki}}    | Strips wikicode from a string.
    }}
  |  <!---(Length)--->
    {{Aligned table
     |col1style=text-align:right;padding-right:0.75em;
     | {{tl|str len}}       | Returns a string's length.
     | {{tl|str ≥ len}}     | To check if a string is "longer or equally long" or "shorter" than a given length.
     | {{tl|str ≤ len}}     | To check if a string is "shorter or equally long" or "longer" than a given length.
     | {{tl|str ≠ len}}     | To check if a string is "not equal" or "equal" to a given length.
 }} }}

<!----------------- Analysis, technical ------------------->
| abbr3 = anlys/tech
| sect3 = Analysis and searching
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  |  <!---(Analysis)--->
    {{Aligned table |style=padding-right:2.5em;
     |col1style=text-align:right;padding-right:0.75em;
     | {{tl|str endswith}}  | To check if a string ends with a given string.
     | {{tl|str find}}, {{tl|strfind short}} |style2.2=vertical-align:middle;| Returns the numerical location of a given string in a string.
     | {{tl|str find0}}     | Zero-based substring search.
    }}
  |  <!---(Analysis cont'd)--->
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     |col1style=text-align:right;padding-right:0.75em;
     | {{tl|a or an}}       | Takes a noun and produces the appropriate indefinite article, based on whether the first letter is a vowel.
     | {{tl|Isnumeric}}     | Returns number when true, blank when not numeric.
     | {{tl|str letter}}    | Returns the number of letters that begin a string.
     | {{tl|str number}}    | Returns the number of numbers that begin a string.
 }} }}
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|group4=Modules and built-in functions
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* [[:Module:String]], [[:Module:String2]], [[:Module:Ustring]]: modules that together contain most necessary string functions.
* [[mw:Help:Magic words|Magic words]]: About <code><nowiki>{{padleft:&#124;}}</nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki>{{lc:&#124;}}</nowiki></code>,  <code><nowiki>{{formatnum:&#124;}}</nowiki></code> etc.
* [[mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions|ParserFunctions]]: About <code><nowiki>{{#titleparts:&#124;}}, {{#expr:&#124;}}, {{#ifeq:&#124;}}, </nowiki></code> etc.{{div col end}}
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| below =
* [[:Category:String manipulation templates]]
* [[m:Category:String templates]]
* [[:commons:Category:String manipulation templates]]

| tracking = no <!--(keep all these string templates (by /doc pages) out of the tracking category)-->

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