Template:!/doc

From Open Problems in Sublinear Algorithms
< Template:!
Revision as of 19:44, 9 September 2012 by Plastikspork (talk) (Update count)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search


Usage

This is the {{!}} meta-template. Its use is analogous to an escape character.

This is an auxiliary template allowing the encoding of "|" within template parameters, because the pipe character is normally interpreted as a separator. This template is necessary if the character is used in wiki table syntax, or if the parameter is automatically wikilinked and you wish to use a pipe to specify different link text from the target page name. In other cases it is better to use "&#124;".

This template cannot be used for putting the character as text in a wiki table; in that case, again, "&#124;" can be used.

Note that no special template is needed for "!" (exclamation mark).

This is a high-risk template, and it usually cannot be substituted (see conditions for substing on the section below).

Substitution

It is possible to substitute {{!}} only if an unescaped "|" works as expected, i.e. after substituting the template containing {{!}}, or after eliminating an #if containing {{!}}.

A simple example

The following template code for {{Quotation}} using an ordinary pipe character,

  • {{Quotation|It is not possible to use an ordinary pipe character | in template parameters, as it will be interpreted as a separator.|[[Help:Template#Usage hints and workarounds]]}}

produces:

It is not possible to use an ordinary pipe character

in template parameters, as it will be interpreted as a separator., Help:Template#Usage hints and workarounds

whereas this code using the {{!}} meta-template,

  • {{Quotation|It is not possible to use an ordinary pipe character {{!}} in template parameters, as it will be interpreted as a separator.|[[Help:Template#Usage hints and workarounds]]}}

produces:

It is not possible to use an ordinary pipe character | in template parameters, as it will be interpreted as a separator.

Help:Template#Usage hints and workarounds

See also

  • {{!!}} creates ||
  • {{!-}} creates |-
  • {{-!}} creates &nbsp;|
  • {{'}} and related
  • Wikipedia:Conditional tables
  • {{pipe}} - Note that this one looks like {{!}} but has a very different meaning for the MediaWiki parser and thus has different functionality.
  • {{(}} creates {
  • {{((}} creates {{
  • {{)}} creates }
  • {{))}} creates }}
  • {{!(}} creates [
  • {{)!}} creates ]
  • {{(!}} creates {|
  • {{!)}} creates |}
  • {{=}} creates =
  • {{Bar box}} — since {{Bar}} redirects here


ar:قالب:!/شرح as:সাঁচ:!/doc cs:Šablona:!/doc de:Vorlage:!/Doku es:Plantilla:!/doc fa:الگو:!/توضیحات fr:Modèle:!/Documentation or:ଛାଞ୍ଚ:!/doc ro:Format:!/doc ru:Шаблон:!/doc si:සැකිල්ල:!/doc simple:Template:!/doc