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1637      if ( !is_string($value) && !is_numeric($value) )
1638           return $value;
1639
1640      $prefixed = false !== strpos( $field, 'user_' );
1641
1642      if ( 'edit' == $context ) {
1643           if ( $prefixed ) {
1644
1645                /** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post.php */
1646                $value = apply_filters( "edit_{$field}", $value, $user_id );
1647           } else {
1648
1649                /**
1650                 * Filter a user field value in the 'edit' context.
1651                 *
1652                 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$field`, refers to the prefixed user
1653                 * field being filtered, such as 'user_login', 'user_email', 'first_name', etc.
1654                 *
1655                 * @since 2.9.0