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This template trims leading and trailing square brackets and whitespace from a string. This is similar to {{tl|delink}}, but it won't remove brackets from the middle of the string. The string should be passed as the first unnamed parameter or using {{para|1}} if your string contains any <code>=</code> signs. You may [[WP:SUBST|substitute]] this template - that is, if used as {{tlxs|trim brackets}}, the resulting wikicode is "clean".

== Usage ==
{{tlx|trim brackets|''text''}} = ''text'' with any leading or trailing square brackets removed (as long as ''text'' doesn't contain any <code>=</code> signs).

{{tlx|1=trim brackets|2=1=''text''}} = ''text'' with any leading or trailing square brackets removed.

== Example ==
*"{{tlx|trim brackets|<nowiki>1= [[abc]] </nowiki>}}" produces "{{trim brackets|1= [[abc]] }}".

*"{{tlx|trim brackets|<nowiki>1= [[abc]], [[def]], and [[ghi]] </nowiki>}}" produces "{{trim brackets|1= [[abc]], [[def]], and [[ghi]] }}"<br />("{{tlx|delink|<nowiki>1= [[abc]], [[def]], and [[ghi]] </nowiki>}}" produces "{{delink|1= [[abc]], [[def]], and [[ghi]] }}").

*"{{tlx|trim brackets|<nowiki>1= [[abc|xyz]] </nowiki>}}" produces "{{trim brackets|1= [[abc|xyz]] }}".

== Template data ==
{{TemplateDataHeader}}
<templatedata>
{
"description": "The template trims leading and trailing square brackets from a string.",
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "String",
"description": "The string to be trimmed",
"type": "string",
"required": true
}
}
}
</templatedata>

== See also ==
* {{tl|delink}}, which does nearly the exact same thing, but also removes balanced pairs of square brackets that aren't leading and trailing and has additional options.
* {{tl|trim}}
* {{tl|Escape page link from within}}
* {{tl|Linked}} – links if not already linked

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