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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>). Use 999 (or such) to get entire string.

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 over 601 characters long.
• Fast: 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 | foo }} →
• {{Str left| lorem ipsum dolor sit amet | }} →
• {{Str left| lorem ipsum dolor sit amet }} → l

See also

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