This template uses Lua:
This template uses Lua:
This template will allow manipulation or retrieve properties of an array list with a designated separator. It handles three functions: count, get and pos.
((Array|<Function>|<Array items>|<Separator>|<Property>|Parameters (optional)))
5th parameter only valid with pos function when limiting multiple outputs to a single position.
Count
Will count the total number of items in the array using the designated separator. Leading or trailing separators will be stripped out.
((Array |count|This is my array| )) → 4
((Array |count|An,array,separated,by,commas|,)) → 5
((Array |count|,An,array,with,trailing,commas,|,)) → 5
Get
Will get the Nth item in the array.
((Array |get|My,wiki,test,array|,|3)) → test
((Array |get|A.list.of.dot.separated.items|.|2)) → list
((Array |get|A sentence of typical words| |5)) → words
Pos
Will retrieve the Nth position of the search item. If duplicates are found, will output all results with the designated separator. Output can be limited by specifying a 5th parameter. Can be used as true or false if output exists to determine if a match exists.
Do not use the ^ character as this is used as a placeholder.
((Array |pos|A sentence of typical words| |sentence)) → 2
((Array |pos|A.wiki.test.string.in.a.test.array|.|unmatched)) →
((Array |pos|A.wiki.test.string.in.a.test.array|.|test)) → 3.7
((Array |pos|Position,of,the,second,test,in,a,test,array|,|test|2)) → 8
((Array |pos|2,4,6,6,7,11,12|,|7)) → 5
((Array |pos|2,4,6,6,7,11,12|,|6|2)) → 4
String-handling templates (help page)
Substring (select chunk of string by its position)
((str sub new )) Select a substring based on starting and ending index counted in either direction. ((str left )) Keep the first N characters of a string, or duplicate it to N characters. ((str crop )) Return all but the last N characters of a string. ((str index )) Return the N-th character of a string.
((str right )) Return substring starting at N-th character to end of string. ((str rightc )) Return the last N characters of a string; or a given value if empty. ((str sub old )) Return substring of given length starting at N-th character.
Trimming (select/remove chunk of string by character type)
Select/remove specific item from string
((ship prefix )) Returns the length of a ship's name prefix, if listed (ship names). ((title year )) Returns the 3-or-4-digit year from a pagename, if any. ((title decade )) Returns the 4-digit decade (e.g. "1740s") from a pagename, if any. ((title number )) Returns any number from a pagename.
Insertion, replacement and length
((loop )) Repeat character 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. ((digits )) Returns the string, after removing all characters that are not digits 0–9 ((Nowiki )) Displays wikitext as plain text.
((str len )) Returns a string's length. ((str ≥ len )) Check if a string is "longer or equally long" or "shorter" than a given length. ((str ≤ len )) Check if a string is "shorter or equally long" or "longer" than a given length. ((str ≠ len )) Check if a string is "not equal" or "equal" to a given length.
Analysis and searching
((str startswith )) ((str endswith )) Check if a string starts or ends with a given string. ((str find )), ((strfind short )) Returns the numerical location of a given string in a string. ((in string )) Returns optional string when given string is not found ((str count )) Count the number of occurrences of a pattern within a string.
((a or an )) Takes a noun and produces the appropriate indefinite article, based on whether the first letter is a vowel. ((Array )) Array manipulation and retrieval. ((Isnumeric )) Returns number when true, blank when not numeric. ((str letter )) Returns the number of letters that begin a string. ((str number )) Returns the number of numbers that begin a string.
Modules and built-in functions