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This is the {{str len}} meta-template.

It takes a string as parameter and returns its length (excluding spaces at the start and end). It can now count as high as necessary.

Examples

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If the parameter is empty or undefined it is considered to be of zero length:

{{str len}} returns 0
{{str len|}} returns 0
{{str len| }} returns 0

It counts the length correctly, even if the string contains spaces, looks like a number, or contains special characters:

{{str len| ab cde }} returns 6
{{str len| 1234567 }} returns 7
{{str len| café åäö }} returns 8
{{str len| {{loop|50|abcdefghij}} }} returns 500
{{str len| {{loop|10000|abcdefghij}} }} returns 100000

Template data

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Str len in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Str len

The template takes a string as parameter and returns its length, excluding spaces at the start and end of the string

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Alpha-numeric text1

The string to be counted

Stringrequired

Technical details

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This is the first general-purpose template to be implemented using mw:Extension:Scribunto. The Lua code is located in Module:String.

See also

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