Template:MakeSimpleString

Template:MakeSimpleString

{{MakeSimpleString |string= |var_name= }}

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Perform various changes on an input string, to account for as many user input variables as possible: case sensitivity, special characters, and so on. Intended for maximizing aliasing in {{#switch:}} statements, without having to list every possible variation on every single branch.

Procedure as follows:

1. Change all letters to UPPERCASE.
2. Remove punctuation marks including ., !, and ?.
3. Swap : colons, - hyphens and   space* characters with an _ underscore.

* Note the value is trimmed by default from the template pass, therefore the end and beginning never have something to modify.

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Parameters

string	$string	Text input to modify.
string	$var_name	(optional) If specified, don't immediately return the result; store as a variable with the provided name.

Returns

Modified string -OR- variable (see $var_name above)

Used by

• Template:Year nav
• Template:Indicator
• Template:Title prefix
• Template:Text tools
• Template:Flag
• Template:Games
• Template:Ref
• Template:Col
• Template:SS