Template:Str left/doc

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Usage

{{Str left|<string>|<count>}}

Gives the <count> substring of characters from the start of the string (the substring has length <count>).

If <count> is invalid or empty, an empty string is returned. If undefined, it defaults to 1.

Limitations

• Length to 500: The maximum substring stops at 500 long, yet gives no error message. Only 500 characters can be extracted even if the <string> is longer.
• Inexpensive (uses no other templates).

Examples

• {{Str left| lorem ipsum dolor sit amet | 10 }} → lorem ipsu
• {{Str left| lorem ipsum dolor sit amet | 1 }} → l
• {{Str left| lorem ipsum dolor sit amet | 0 }} →
• {{Str left| lorem ipsum dolor sit amet | }} →
• {{Str left| lorem ipsum dolor sit amet }} → l

See also

• [[:<count>:Template:Trunc|{{<string>}}]] - truncate right-side of string
• [[:<count>:Template:Str right|{{<string>}}]] - extract remainder of string
• [[:<count>:Template:Str rightc|{{<string>}}]] - extract right-side of string
• {{<string>}} - get numeric length of string (can be over 300 long)