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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 transclude the template, instead of using the magic word, by using template-specific syntax like {{Template:!}}
, or by supplying a parameter, for example {{!|foo}}
. 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:
“ | Script error: No such module "Trim quotes". | ” | ||
— - | Header text | Header text
, - |
---|
However escaping the bars with this magic word and similar templates gives:
{{rquote|none|<nowiki> </nowiki>{{(!}} class{{=}}"wikitable" {{!}}+ Caption text {{!}}- ! Header text !! Header text {{!}}- {{!}} Example {{!!}} Example {{!}}- {{!}} Example {{!!}} Example {{!}}} }}
“ | Script error: No such module "Trim quotes". | ” |
See also
Template call (m for magic word) |
Output (delayed interpretation as wikimarkup) | HTML alternative (never interpreted as wikimarkup) |
---|---|---|
{{!}} (m)
|
| | | or {{pipe}} |
{{=}}
|
= | = |
{{!!}}
|
|| | || |
{{!(}}
|
[ | [ |
{{)!}}
|
] | ] |
{{!((}}
|
[[ | [[ |
{{))!}}
|
]] | ]] |
{{(}}
|
{ | { |
{{)}}
|
} | } |
{{((}}
|
{{ | {{ |
{{))}}
|
}} | }} |
{{(((}}
|
{{{ | {{{ |
{{)))}}
|
}}} | }}} |
{{(!}}
|
{| | {| |
{{!-}}
|
|- | |- |
{{!)}}
|
|} | |} |
Documentation for the magic word may be found in the MediaWiki documentation at mw:Help:Magic words#Other.
- {{pipe}}, a template that uses the numeric character reference for the vertical bar character
- m:Help:Template#A parameter value containing a pipe character
- Help:Conditional tables