Template:Title year/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Title year.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 223,000 pages.
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This template uses Lua:

Module:String

Usage

{{Title year|match|nomatch|page=}}

or

{{Title year|match=|nomatch=|page=}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Title year in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Title year

Extracts a 4-digit year from the current page title. All parameters are optional.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Match Instance	`1` `match`	If multiple 4-digit numbers are found, this specifies which match to return, where the first match is match= 1. If a negative number is specified then a match is returned counting from the last match. Hence match = -1 is the same as requesting the last match. Defaults to 1. Default 1	Number	optional
No match text	`2` `nomatch`	If no 4-digit year is found, output the "nomatch" value. Defaults to blank.	String	optional
Override page title	`page`	Specified a page title to use other than the current page. If left blank, the template will use the title of the current page Default {{BASEPAGENAME}}	Page name	optional

Template:Title year/doc

Usage

TemplateData

See also