This template trims whitespace from a string. The string should be passed as the first unnamed parameter. You may substitute this template - that is, if used as {{subst :trim }}
, the resulting wikicode is "clean".
Usage
{{trim|text }} = text with any leading or trailing whitespace removed.
Example
{{trim | abc}}
produces abc.
Template data
The template trims whitespace from a string.
Template parameters
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
String
1
The string to be trimmed of whitespace
Default
empty
Example
empty
Auto value
empty
string
required
See also
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
{{strip whitespace }}
Less effective than {{trim}} .
{{first word }}
To trim down to the first space.
{{remove first word }}
To remove anything before the first space.
Dedicated
{{unlink }}
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 parenthesis 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.
{{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.