Template:Trim

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This template trims whitespace from a string. The string should be passed as the first unnamed parameter. One 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.

See also

• {{Crop}}

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}}

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