Abbcontains

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Template to check whether any member of a set of game abbrevations (used by e.g. {{Abb}} is part of another set of abbreviations. Returns "1" if that is the case and an empty string otherwise.

Usage[]

{{abbcontains|set of abbrevations|abbrevation(s) to check for}}

Parameters[]

Required

<unnamed 1>

The set of abbreviations of which you would like to know whether it contains the abbreviation(s) specified in <unnamed 2>. An unlimited number of abbreviations can be specified if separated with sep/sep1 (see below).

Required

<unnamed 2>

The abbreviation(s) of which you would like to know whether it/they are contained in <unnamed 1>. Up to 10 abbreviations can be specified if separated with sep/sep2 (see below). A wildcard (*) can be used at the end of each abbreviation which will match any number of characters; e.g. "FO3*" will match both "FO3" and "FO3OA".

Optional

(default: ",")

sep

The character or string with which abbreviations are separated in <unnamed 1> and <unnamed 2>. If sep1 or sep2 are specified, they override this parameter for the corresponding unnamed parameter.

Optional

(default: "sep")

sep1

The character or string with which abbreviations are separated in <unnamed 1>. Overrides sep.

Optional

(default: "sep")

sep2

The character or string with which abbreviations are separated in <unnamed 2>. Overrides sep.

Examples[]

Simple[]

{{abbcontains|WL1, WL2, FOD|FOD}}

returns "1" because FOD is among the abbreviations in the first set.

{{abbcontains|WL1, WL2, FOD|MT}}

returns "" (an empty string) because MT is not among the abbreviations in the first set.

Checking for multiple abbrevations[]

{{abbcontains|WL1, WL2, FOD|WL1, WL2}}

returns "1" because both WL1 and WL2 are among the abbreviations in the first set.

{{abbcontains|WL1, WL2, FOD|WL2, MT}}

returns "1" because WL2 is among the abbreviations in the first set.

{{abbcontains|WL1, WL2, FOD|MT, WIKI}}

returns "" (an empty string) because neither "MT" nor "WIKI" are among the abbreviations in the first set.

Wildcards[]

{{abbcontains|WL1, WL2, FOD|WL2*}}

returns "1" because WL2 is among the abbreviations in the first set.

{{abbcontains|WL1, FOD|WL2*}}

returns "" (an empty string) because no abbreviation starting with WL2 is among the abbreviations in the first set.

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