Template:!

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The documentation for this template is transcluded from Template:!/doc. Please edit that page if you want to change something in the documentation. Do not edit this page unless you know what you're doing.

Purpose

This template generates a single "pipe" character (|). It should only be necessary to use this template in certain special cases, as explained below, where the pipe character would be mistakenly interpreted as an element of wiki syntax.

Usage

{{!}}

Example

• Goal: To output code marking the beginning of a wikitable row (|-) if the first parameter value is nonempty.

Wrong: {{if|test={{{1|}}}|then=|-}}

Right: {{if|test={{{1|}}}|then=<tt>{{!}}-}}</tt>

Note

The pipe character can also be coded as the numerical character entity &#124; (or &#x7C;), which should take care of most cases where an ambiguity exists — although using this template may make the intended meaning easier to recognize.

Needed or not?

This template should only be needed when a template parameter value contains a pipe character, as illustrated in the example above.

See also

• Template:!! — for a double-pipe character sequence

External link

• See Wikipedia:Template:! for a similar template at Wikipedia