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.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before changing this template.

This template uses Lua:

Module:String

Usage[change source]

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

or

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

TemplateData[change source]

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

Usage[change source]

TemplateData[change source]

See also[change source]