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 Afr ica (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>}} → Cosm os (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.
String-handling templates
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.
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.
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 parentheses 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.
Insertion, replacement and length
{{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. {{digits }} Returns the string, after removing all characters that are not digits 0–9.
{{str len }} Returns a string's length. {{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.
Analysis and technical
{{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.