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 | This template uses Lua: |
Wrapper for findpagetext function in Module:String2.
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))→ 296((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))→ 309((Find page text|text=%[%[|title=Boston Bridge|plain=f))→ 294((Find page text|text=%{%{[Cc]oord|title=Boston Bridge|plain=f))→ 2470
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.