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1487      if ( !is_string($value) && !is_numeric($value) )
1488           return $value;
1489
1490      $prefixed = false !== strpos( $field, 'user_' );
1491
1492      if ( 'edit' == $context ) {
1493           if ( $prefixed ) {
1494
1495                /** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post.php */
1496                $value = apply_filters( "edit_{$field}", $value, $user_id );
1497           } else {
1498
1499                /**
1500                 * Filter a user field value in the 'edit' context.
1501                 *
1502                 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$field`, refers to the prefixed user
1503                 * field being filtered, such as 'user_login', 'user_email', 'first_name', etc.
1504                 *
1505                 * @since 2.9.0