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This string handling template returns the number of times that a pattern or search-string occurs in a source string. Counts non-overlapping matches only.
Usage
{{Str count|source string|pattern|plain_flag}}
If there is no occurrence of the source string in the pattern, this template returns 0.
Parameters
There are three parameters; the first two are required:
|source=
– the source string. Required; alias: |1=
.
|pattern=
– the search-string or pattern to look for in the source string. Required; alias: |2=
.
|plain=
– a boolean flag indicating that pattern should be understood as plain text and not as a Scribunto ustring pattern (a unicode-friendly Lua-style regular expression). Optional; default: true.
Examples
{{str count|aabbacccaddaeeeeaffff|a}}
→ 5
{{str count|0123456789ABCDEF|X}}
→ 0
{{str count|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch|:}}
→ 1
{{str count|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch|a}}
→ 4
{{str count|abababa|aba}}
→ 2 // counts non-overlapping occurrences (matches must be disjoint)
See also
String-handling templates (help page) |
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Substring (select chunk of string by its position) |
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{{#invoke:string|sub}} {{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. |
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Trimming (select/remove chunk of string by character type) |
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Select/remove specific item from string |
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| {{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. |
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Insertion, replacement and length |
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{{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 | {{Plain text}}, {{Nowiki}} | Strips wikicode from a string. |
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{{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. |
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Analysis and searching |
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{{#invoke:string2|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. |
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{{a or an}} | Takes a noun and produces the appropriate indefinite article, based on whether the first letter is a vowel. | {{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. |
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Modules and built-in functions |
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