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When supplied with a 1-, 2-, 3- or 4-digit year or decade, returns the name of the century.
Mostly used in categorisation.
((Century name from decade or year|YYYY))
((Century name from decade or year|YYYY|dash))
((Century name from decade or year|YYY0s))
((Century name from decade or year|YYY0s|dash))
((Century name from decade or year|YYYY|nomatch=FAIL))
((Century name from decade or year|YYYY|dash|nomatch=FAIL))
((Century name from decade or year|YYY0s|nomatch=FAIL))
((Century name from decade or year|YYY0s|dash|nomatch=FAIL))
((Century name from decade or year|8))
→ 1st century((Century name from decade or year|63))
→ 1st century((Century name from decade or year|421))
→ 5th century((Century name from decade or year|1707))
→ 18th century((Century name from decade or year|1514|dash))
→ 16th-century((Century name from decade or year|0s))
→ 1st century((Century name from decade or year|40s))
→ 1st century((Century name from decade or year|550s))
→ 6th century((Century name from decade or year|1920s))
→ 20th century((Century name from decade or year|2030s|dash))
→ 21st-centuryEmpty or inappropriate parameters produce no output, unless the "nomatch" paremeter is set.
((Century name from decade or year))
→((Century name from decade or year|7))
→ 1st century((Century name from decade or year|123abc))
→((Century name from decade or year|French flying flamingoes flounce furiously))
→With "nomatch"
((Century name from decade or year|nomatch=FAILED))
→ FAILED((Century name from decade or year|7|nomatch=Aaaaaaaaaargh))
→ 1st century((Century name from decade or year|123abc|nomatch=garbage input))
→ garbage input((Century name from decade or year|Fastidious French flying flamingoes flounce furiously|nomatch=NOMATCH))
→ NOMATCHTemplateData for Century name from decade or year
Returns the name of the century for a 1-, 2-, 3- or 4-digit year or decade.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Year or decade | 1 | a 1-, 2-, 3- or 4-digit-year (e.g. '1957') or a 4-digit-decade (e.g. '1760s')
| Number | optional |
dash | 2 | If this parameter is dash, then the century number is followed by a dash rather than a space, i.e. '16th-century' instead of the default '16th century'
| String | optional |
No match text | nomatch | If the input is not a 1-, 2-, 3- or 4-digit year or decade, output the "nomatch" value. Defaults to blank. | String | optional |