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![]() | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Find page text. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
![]() | 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}}
→ 828{{Find page text|text=Youghiogheny}}
→ 828{{Find page text|text=Youghiogheny|nomatch=0}}
→ 828{{Find page text|text=Youghiogheny|title=Boston Bridge|nomatch=not found}}
→ 203{{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}}
→ 216{{Find page text|text=%[%[|title=Boston Bridge|plain=f}}
→ 201{{Find page text|text=%{%{[Cc]oord|title=Boston Bridge|plain=f}}
→ 2358
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.