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This template is for trimming whitespace from strings. For the maintenance tag for images, see {{Trimming }}
This template trims leading and trailing (but not interior) whitespace from a string. The string should be passed as the first unnamed parameter. The parameter must be named |1=
if its value contains a =
character.
You may substitute this template - that is, if used as {{subst:trim }}
, the resulting wikicode is "clean".
Usage
{{trim |text }} = text with any leading or trailing whitespace removed.
Examples
"{{trim | abc}} " produces "abc"
"{{trim |xyz }} " produces "xyz"
"{{trim | abc xyz }} " produces "abc xyz"
Template data
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Template parameters
Parameter Description Type Status String 1
The string to be trimmed of whitespace
String required
See also
String-handling templates
(help page)
Substring (select chunk of string by its position)
{{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.
{{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.
Trimming (select/remove chunk of string by character type)
{{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>.
Select/remove specific item from string
{{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.
Insertion, replacement and length
{{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.
{{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.
Analysis and searching
{{Str startswith }} {{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.
{{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.
Modules and built-in functions