Template:Str find/doc

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Usage

Returns the position (1 for the first character) of first appearance of substring in a text, -1 if not found.

Note: if you want to edit this template, first try your modifications on {{Str find/sandbox}}.You can then test your edits in {{Str find/testcases}}.
When the new version is ready, you can move it to the main template.

Examples

• {{Str find|Panthera (genus)|P}} → 1 (first character)
• {{Str find|Panthera (genus)|a}} → 2 (second character)
• {{Str find|Panthera (genus)|(}} → 10
• {{Str find|Panthera (genus)|/}} → -1 (means not found)
• {{Str find|Panthera (genus)|=}} → 1 (looks like a bug?!)

Syntax

{{Str endswith | <text> | <substring> }}

Parameters

• <text>

the tested string

• <substring>

the substring to be searched in the <text>

See also

• Str find/logic a subtemplate

Trimming templates:

• {{Trunc}} – To trim down to a specified number of characters.
• {{Trim}} — To trim any leading or trailing whitespace.
• {{Str left}} – To trim down to a specified number of characters, or duplicate the string to a specified number.
• {{Str right}}
• {{Strip}} – To strip (remove) a given number of characters from the beginning/end of the string

Analyzing templates:

• {{Str endswith}} – To check if a string ends with a given string.
• {{Str find}} – Returns the numerical location of a given string in a string, up to 50 characters.
• {{Str len}} – Returns a string's length. Can count up to 500 characters.

String length comparison templates:

• {{Str ≤ len}} – To check if a string is "shorter or equally long" or "longer" than a given length.

Sandboxes and test cases:

• {{Str len/sandbox}}
• {{Str len/testcases}}

Technical stuff:

• mw:Help:Magic words – About {{padleft:|}}.
• mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions – About {{#titleparts:|}}, {{#expr:|}}, {{#ifeq:|}}, etc.
• Module:String - Script with native string parsing