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Template:String Split

Template:String split is a convenience wrapper for the split function in Module:String2.

The split function splits text at boundaries specified by separator and returns the chunk for the index idx (starting at 1). It can use positional parameters or named parameters (but these should not be mixed):

{{#invoke:String2 |split |text |separator |index |true/false}}
{{#invoke:String2 |split |txt=text |sep=separator |idx=index |plain=true/false}}

Any double quotes (") in the separator parameter are stripped out, which allows spaces and wikitext like ["[ to be passed. Use {{!}} for the pipe character |.

If the optional plain parameter is set to false / no / 0 then separator is treated as a Lua pattern. The default is plain=true, i.e. normal text matching.

The index parameter is optional; it defaults to the first chunk of text. A negative parameter value counts chunks backward from the end of the text.

Examples

{{String split |This is a piece of text to be split |" "}} → This
{{String split |This is a piece of text to be split |" "| 4}} → piece
{{String split |This is a piece of text to be split |x| 2}} → t to be split

Modules may return strings with | as separators like this: {{#invoke:carousel | main | name = WPDogs | switchsecs = 5 }} → Racibórz 2007 082.jpg | English Bulldog, Racibórz, Poland

{{String split |{{#invoke:carousel | main | name = WPDogs | switchsecs = 5 }}|{{!}}| 2}} → English Bulldog, Racibórz, Poland

Lua patterns can allow splitting at classes of characters such as punctuation:

{{String split |Apples, pears, oranges; Cats, dogs|"%p"| 2 |false}} → pears
{{String split |Apples, pears, oranges; Cats, dogs|"%p"| 4 |false}} → Cats

Or split on anything that isn't a letter (no is treated as false):

{{String split |Apples pears oranges; Cats dogs|"%A+"| 4 |no}} → Cats

Named parameters force the trimming of leading and trailing spaces in the parameters and are generally clearer when used:

{{String split | txt=Apples pears oranges; Cats dogs | sep="%A+" | idx=3 | plain=false }} → oranges

A negative index will count back from the end of the text:

{{String split |txt=This is a piece of text to be split |sep=" " |idx=-1}} → split

An easy mistake to make when using negative parameters is to forget that a trailing space in the text when passed as an unnamed parameter will induce an empty last chunk:

{{String split |This is a piece of text to be split |" "|-1}} →
{{String split |This is a piece of text to be split|" "|-1}} → split

{{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>.

{{string split}}	Extract a short string from a long string.
{{first word}}	Trim down to the first space.
{{remove first word}}	Remove anything before the first space.
{{last word}}	Trim down from the last space.
{{remove last word}}	Remove anything after the last space.

Select/remove specific item from string

{{delink}}, {{trim brackets}}	Removes wikilink brackets (wikicode); all or outer only.
{{Plain text}}	Removes wikicode (formatting and brackets)
{{PAGENAMEBASE}}	Trim off any parenthesis text at the end of a string (disambiguation).
{{title disambig text}}	Returns text in parentheses at the end of a string (disambiguation).

{{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.
{{WikiProjectbasename}}	Removes "WikiProject" 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.
{{str count}}	Count the number of occurrences of a pattern within a string.

{{Array}}	Array item manipulation and retrieval.
{{a or an}}	Takes a noun and produces the appropriate indefinite article, based on whether the first letter is a vowel.
{{in string}}	Returns optional string when given string is not found
{{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
Module:String, Module:String2, Module:Ustring, Module:Text, wikitext handling: modules that together contain most necessary string functions. Magic words: About `{{padleft:\|}}`, `{{lc:\|}}`, `{{formatnum:\|}}` etc. ParserFunctions: About `{{#titleparts:\|}}, {{#expr:\|}}, {{#ifeq:\|}},` etc.

Category:String manipulation templates

Category:Modules that manipulate strings

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:String split/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
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Template:String Split

Examples

See also