Template:Str left

Template documentation

Usage

{{Str left|<string>|<count>}}

Gives the <count> substring of characters from the start of the trimmed string (the substring has length <count>).

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 longer.
• Inexpensive (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 | 0 }} →
• {{Str left| Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet | }} →
• {{Str left| Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet }} → L
• {{Str left| Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet | 40 }} → Lorem ipsum dolor sit ametLorem ipsum do

See also

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