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The magic word <code><nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki></code> is used to escape a [[vertical bar]] character "&#124;" in [[wp:wikitext|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 <code><nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki></code> as "&#124;" and ignore this template, making <code><nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki></code> a [[mw:Help:Magic words|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 <code><nowiki>{{Template:!}}</nowiki></code>, or by supplying a parameter, for example <code><nowiki>{{!|foo}}</nowiki></code>. The template transcludes as an error message: {{!xt|Error: The retired template <nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki> has been transcluded; see mw:Help:Magic words#Other for details. To fix this, use only the code <nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki> to generate the &#124; character.}}

== Usage ==
The code <code><nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki></code> is used to [[Escape_character|escape]] the vertical bar character, &#124;, 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,

<pre>
{{rquote|none|text=
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption text
|-
! Header text !! Header text
|-
| Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example
|}
}}
</pre>

yields nonsense:

{{rquote|none|text=
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption text
|-
! Header text !! Header text
|-
| Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example
|}
}}

However escaping the bars with this magic word and similar templates gives:

<pre>
{{rquote|none|<nowiki&gt;
</nowiki>{{(!}} class{{=}}"wikitable"
{{!}}+ Caption text
{{!}}-
! Header text !! Header text
{{!}}-
{{!}} Example {{!!}} Example
{{!}}-
{{!}} Example {{!!}} Example
{{!}}}
}}
</pre>

{{rquote|none|<nowiki>
</nowiki>{{(!}} class{{=}}"wikitable"
{{!}}+ Caption text
{{!}}-
! Header text !! Header text
{{!}}-
{{!}} Example {{!!}} Example
{{!}}-
{{!}} Example {{!!}} Example
{{!)}}
}}

==See also==
{{Escape template list}}
Documentation for the magic word may be found in the MediaWiki documentation at [[mw:Help:Magic words#Other]].
* {{tl|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]]

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