Template:Trim brackets

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This template trims leading and trailing square brackets and whitespace from a string. This is similar to Template:Tl, but it won't remove brackets from the middle of the string. The string should be passed as the first unnamed parameter or using |1= if your string contains any = signs. You may substitute this template - that is, if used as Template:Tlxs, the resulting wikicode is "clean".

Usage

Template:Tlx = text with any leading or trailing square brackets removed (as long as text doesn't contain any = signs).

Template:Tlx = text with any leading or trailing square brackets removed.

Example

• "Template:Tlx" produces "abc".

• "Template:Tlx" produces "abc]], def, and [[ghi"
  ("Template:Tlx" produces "").

• "Template:Tlx" produces "abc|xyz".

Template data

Template:TemplateDataHeader <templatedata> {

       "description": "The template trims leading and trailing square brackets from a string.",
       "params": {
               "1": {
                       "label": "String",
                       "description": "The string to be trimmed",
                       "type": "string",
                       "required": true
               }
       }

} </templatedata>

See also

• Template:Tl, which does nearly the exact same thing, but also removes balanced pairs of square brackets that aren't leading and trailing and has additional options.
• Template:Tl

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