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This template uses Lua:

Module:Title monthname (sandbox)

Extracts from a page title the name of a month (January, February, March etc). Returns nothing if there is no match.

Note that the monthname in the title must be properly capitalised. "October" will be matched, but "october" or "OCTOBER" will be ignored.

Some options allow its behaviour to be configured.

Usage

Basic usage

((Title monthname))

This usage will return the first word in the title which matches the correctly-capitalised name of a month.

If no match is found, it returns an empty string. This allows its simple use in templates, e.g.

((#if: ((Title monthname))|<!-- do nothing if there is a match -->|This page's title does not include a month))

Optional parameters

Three optional parameters are available:

|page=value
This forces the template to use a title other than the current page
|nomatch=value
This parameter is used to specify a message to be generate if no match is found. For example
- Default output ((Title monthname|page=All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace)) →
- with nomatch ((Title monthname|page=All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace|nomatch=No month!)) → No month!
|match=number
If multiple month names are found, this specifies which match to return, where the first match is match= 1. If a negative number is specified then a match is returned counting from the last match. Hence match = -1 is the same as requesting the last match. Defaults to 1.
Examples:
- ((Title monthname|page=Events in June, July, or August|match=3)) → August
- ((Title monthname|page=Riots in February, March, April, May, June, or July (and maybe November)|match=-2)) → July

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Title monthname

Extracts a 3- or 4-digit year from the current page title. All parameters are optional.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Match Instance	`match`	If multiple monthnames are found, this specifies which match to return, where the first match is match= 1. If a negative number is specified then a match is returned counting from the last match. Hence match = -1 is the same as requesting the last match. Defaults to 1. Default 1	Number	optional
No match text	`nomatch`	If no monthname is found, output the "nomatch" value. Defaults to blank.	String	optional
Override page title	`page`	Specified a page title to use other than the current page. If left blank, the template will use the title of the current page Default ((BASEPAGENAME))	Page name	optional

((trim))	Trim any leading or trailing whitespace
((str letter/trim))	Trim down to the beginning letters.
((str number/trim))	Trim down to the beginning numbers.
((trim brackets))	Trim any leading or trailing square brackets.
((trim quotes))	Trim leading or trailing matching quotes.
((trim leading))	Trim up to six instances of specified <prefix>.

((string split))	Extract a short string from a long string.
((first word))	Trim down to the first space.
((remove first word))	Remove anything before the first space.
((last word))	Trim down from the last space.
((remove last word))	Remove anything after the last space.

Select/remove specific item from string

((delink)), ((trim brackets))	Removes wikilink brackets (wikicode); all or outer only.
((Plain text))	Removes wikicode (formatting and brackets)
((PAGENAMEBASE))	Trim off any parenthesis text at the end of a string (disambiguation).
((title disambig text))	Returns text in parentheses at the end of a string (disambiguation).
((WikiProjectbasename))	Removes "WikiProject" from a pagename.

((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.

Insertion, replacement and length

((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
((Nowiki))	Displays wikitext as plain text.

((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.

Analysis and searching

((str 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.

((a or an))	Takes a noun and produces the appropriate indefinite article, based on whether the first letter is a vowel.
((Array))	Array manipulation and retrieval.
((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.

Modules and built-in functions
Module:String, Module:String2, Module:Ustring, Module:Text, wikitext handling: modules that together contain most necessary string functions. Magic words: About `((padleft:\|))`, `((lc:\|))`, `((formatnum:\|))` etc. ParserFunctions: About `((#titleparts:\|)), ((#expr:\|)), ((#ifeq:\|)),` etc.

Category:String manipulation templates

Category:String manipulating modules

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Usage

Basic usage

Optional parameters

TemplateData

See also