Template:Find page text
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Wrapper for findpagetext function in Module:String.
Template:Find page text returns the position of a piece of text in the wikitext source of a page.
Parameters
The template takes up to four parameters:
|1=or|text=is the text to be searched for.- Optional parameter
|title=is the page title, defaults to the current page. - Optional parameter
|plain=is either true for a plain search (default), or false for a Lua pattern search. - Optional parameter
|nomatch=is the value returned when no match is found; default is nothing.
Examples
{{Find page text|Youghiogheny}}→{{Find page text|text=Youghiogheny}}→{{Find page text|text=Youghiogheny|nomatch=0}}→ 0{{Find page text|text=Youghiogheny|title=Boston Bridge|nomatch=not found}}→ 373{{Find page text|text=river|title=Boston Bridge}}→{{Find page text|text=river|title=Boston Bridge|nomatch=not found}}→ not found{{Find page text|text=[Rr]iver|title=Boston Bridge|plain=false|nomatch=not found}}→ 386{{Find page text|text=%[%[|title=Boston Bridge|plain=f}}→ 371{{Find page text|text=%{%{[Cc]oord|title=Boston Bridge|plain=f}}→ 2553
The search is case-sensitive, so Lua pattern matching is needed to find river or River. The last example finds {{coord or {{Coord. The penultimate example finds a wiki-link.
See also
- {{if in page}}