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Uses Lua:

Module:String

This template removes the first word of the first parameter. Use |1= for the first parameter if the string may contain an equals sign (=). By default, words are delimited by spaces, but the optional parameter |sep= can set the separator to any character.

Usage

One parameter (space as separator):

{{Remove first word|string}}
{{Remove first word|1=string}}

Two parameters (user-defined character as separator):

{{Remove first word|string|sep=character}}
{{Remove first word|1=string|sep=character}}

Examples

{{Remove first word|Fôo bår bàz}} → bår bàz
{{Remove first word| Fôo bår bàz}} → bår bàz
{{Remove first word| a b}} → b
{{Remove first word|Fôo-bår}} →
{{Remove first word|Fôo-bår bàz}} → bàz
{{Remove first word|Fôo-bår bàz|sep=-}} → bår bàz
{{Remove first word|34,000,500|sep=,}} → 000,500
{{Remove first word|Hear ye, users|sep=,}} → users
{{Remove first word|1=len = a+b|sep==}} → a+b

{{str mid}}	To return a substring specified by position and length.
{{trunc}}	To trim down to a specified number of characters.
{{str left}}	To trim down to a specified number of characters or duplicate the string to a specified number.
{{str crop}}	To crop a specified number of characters off the end.
{{chop head and tail}}	To crop a specified number of characters off the beginning and end.
{{str right}}	To trim the first specified number of characters.

{{str rightc}}	To return a number of characters from the end, returns a parameter if the string is empty.
{{str rightmost}}	To trim down to the last specified number of characters.
{{str sub old}}	To trim down to a specified number, starting at a given number from the left.
{{str sub new}}	Select a substr based on starting and ending index.
{{str index}}	Returns a given character from a string, but not accented letters.

By checking

{{trim}}	To trim any leading or trailing whitespace
{{strip whitespace}}	Less effective than {{trim}}.
{{first word}}	To trim down to the first space.

{{remove first word}}	To remove anything before the first space.
{{str letter/trim}}	To trim down to the beginning letters.
{{str number/trim}}	To trim down to the beginning numbers.

Dedicated

{{unlink}}	Removes wikilink brackets (wikicode).
{{remove File prefix}}	Removes "File:" (or "Image:") from filenames.
{{title without disambig}}	To trim off any parenthesis text at the end of a string (disambiguation).
{{title disambig text}}	Returns text in parenthesis at the end of a string (disambiguation).

{{WikiProjectBASENAME}}	Removes "WikiProject" from a pagename.
{{remove unranked}}	Removes the string "unranked_" from the left of a string (taxonomy).
{{ship prefix}}	Returns the length of a ship's name prefix, if listed (ship names).

Insertion, replacement and length

{{strloc insert}}	Inserts a string at character location strloc, or appends if strloc<=0.
{{strloc prefix}}	Extracts string prefix up to location strloc, or whole string if strloc<=0.
{{loop}}	Repeat character string n 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.
{{str len}}	Returns a string's length.

{{iflenge}}	[if len]gth [g]reater than or [e]qual to.
{{str ≥ len}}	To check if a string is "longer or equally long" or "shorter" than a given length.
{{str ≤ len}}	To check if a string is "shorter or equally long" or "longer" than a given length.
{{str ≠ len}}	To check if a string is "not equal" or "equal" to a given length.
{{str ≤ ≥ len}}	To check if a string is "shorter", "equal", or "longer" than a given length.

Analysis and technical

{{str endswith}}	To check if a string ends with a given string.
{{str find}} {{strfind short}}	Returns the numerical location of a given string in a string.
{{str find0}}	Zero-based substring search.
{{str sub find}}	Searches a substring in a string at the given offset.
{{str letter}}	Returns the number of letters that begin a string.
{{str number}}	Returns the number of numbers that begin a string.
{{str gtr str}}	Compares two strings for alphabetical order, and returns a value accordingly.

{{ASCII code}}	Returns the ASCII value of a single character.
{{a or an}}	Takes a noun and produces the appropriate indefinite article, based on whether the first letter is a vowel.

Module:String
...Magic words	About `{{padleft:\|}}`.
...ParserFunctions	About `{{#titleparts:\|}}, {{#expr:\|}}, {{#ifeq:\|}},` etc.

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