Template:!
This template may have no transclusions, because it was replaced with a magic word. |
The magic word {{!}}
is used to escape a vertical bar character "|" in wikitext markup, causing the parser to temporarily not interpret it as a special character.
This used to be a template, but for speed reasons, the MediaWiki parser was changed in July 2014 to instantly interpret {{!}}
as "|" and ignore this template, making {{!}}
a magic word. You can continue to use the code in exactly the same way as before.
Do not use syntax like {{Template:!}}
, and do not supply a parameter, for example {{!|foo}}
. In those cases, the template transcludes as an error message: Error: The retired template {{!}} has been transcluded; see mw:Help:Magic words#Other for details. To fix this, use only the code {{!}} to generate the | character.
Usage
The code {{!}}
is used to escape the vertical bar character, |, so that it is interpreted later than it would be otherwise. This is mostly useful when trying to include a table in a template. For example,
{{rquote|none|text= {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- ! Header text !! Header text |- | Example || Example |- | Example || Example |} }}
yields nonsense:
However escaping the bars with this magic word and similar templates gives:
{{rquote|none|2=<nowiki></nowiki>{{(!}}class{{=}}"wikitable" {{!}}+ Caption text {{!}}- ! Header text !! Header text {{!}}- {{!}} Example {{!!}} Example {{!}}- {{!}} Example {{!!}} Example {{!)}} }}
For how to include a table in a footnote, do:
Example 1{{refn|group=note|This is a note before}} Example 2{{refn|group=note|1=<nowiki></nowiki>{{(!}}class{{=}}"wikitable" {{!}}+Example table with two columns !A column !Another column {{!}}- {{!}} Some data {{!}} Some more data {{!)}}<nowiki></nowiki>}} Example 3{{refn|group=note|This is a note after}} ==Notes== {{Reflist|group=note}}
Be careful to follow this formatting, otherwise the table may gobble up the subsequent footnote. This can be unnoticeable if there is only one footnote, only causing an issue if a second footnote is added.
Example 1[note 1]
Example 2[note 2]
Example 3[note 3]
Notes
See also
Template call (m for magic word) |
Output (delayed interpretation as wikimarkup) | HTML alternative (never interpreted as wikimarkup) |
---|---|---|
{{!}} (m)
|
| | | or {{pipe}} |
{{=}} (m)
|
= | = |
{{!!}}
|
|| | || |
{{!(}}
|
[ | [ |
{{)!}}
|
] | ] |
{{!((}}
|
[[ | [[ |
{{))!}}
|
]] | ]] |
{{(}}
|
{ | { |
{{)}}
|
} | } |
{{((}}
|
{{ | {{ |
{{))}}
|
}} | }} |
{{(((}}
|
{{{ | {{{ |
{{)))}}
|
}}} | }}} |
{{(!}}
|
{| | {| |
{{!-}}
|
|- | |- |
{{!)}}
|
|} | |} |
Documentation for the magic word may be found in the MediaWiki documentation at mw:Help:Magic words.
- {{pipe}}, a template that uses the numeric character reference for the vertical bar character
- m:Help:Template
- Help:Conditional tables
- Wikipedia transclusionless templates
- Character-substitution templates
- Mbox and messagebox templates
- Pages used in system messages needing protection
- Pages with TemplateStyles errors
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages with script errors
- Template documentation
- Template documentation pages
- Template namespace templates
- Templates
- Templates based on the Infobox Lua module
- Templates generating microformats
- Templates that add a tracking category
- Templates using TemplateData
- Wikipedia metatemplates