Template:Str Number
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This is the {{str number}} meta-template.
It takes a string as parameter, and returns the number of leading digits. It does not handle negative numbers or decimals, and stops at any minus sign '-' or dot '.' symbols.
Examples
If the parameter is empty or undefined, zero is returned:
{{str number}}returns 0{{str number|}}returns 0{{str number| }}returns 0
The count is interrupted by anything but the ten digits:
{{str number|abcde}}returns 0{{str number|123456}}returns 6{{str number| 123456}}returns 6{{str number|123 456}}returns 3{{str number|1234abc}}returns 4{{str number|1234abc56}}returns 4{{str number|15<ref>a reference</ref>}}returns 2{{str number|15(15)}}returns 2{{str number|-1234xx}}returns 0{{str number|12.34xx}}returns 2{{str number|12,345}}returns 2
See also
References
- ^ a reference