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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 use syntax like {{Template:!}}, and do not supply a parameter, for example {{!|foo}}. In those cases, the template transcludes as an error message: {{error|Error: The retired template {{tn|!}} has been transcluded; see mw:Help:Magic words#Other for details. To fix this, use only the code {{Magic word|!}} 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,



{{cquote|text=


This is text before


class="wikitable"


|+ Caption text
Header textHeader text
Example 1Example 2
Example 3Example 4


This is text after


}}

yields nonsense:

{{cquote|text=

This is text before

class="wikitable"

|+ Caption text

Header textHeader text
Example 1Example 2
Example 3Example 4

This is text after

}}

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



{{cquote|text=


This is text before


{{(!}} class{{=}}"wikitable"


{{!+}} Caption text


{{!-}}


! Header text !! Header text


{{!-}}


{{!}} Example 1 {{!!}} Example 2


{{!-}}


{{!}} Example 3 {{!!}} Example 4


{{!)}}


This is text after


}}

{{cquote|text=

This is text before

{{{!}} class{{=}}"wikitable"

{{!+}} Caption text

{{!-}}

! Header text !! Header text

{{!-}}

{{!}} Example 1 {{!!}} Example 2

{{!-}}

{{!}} Example 3 {{!!}} Example 4

{{!)}}

This is text after

}}

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=This is text before


{{(!}} class{{=}}"wikitable"


{{!+}} Caption text


{{!-}}


! Header text !! Header text


{{!-}}


{{!}} Example 1 {{!!}} Example 2


{{!-}}


{{!}} Example 3 {{!!}} Example 4


{{!)}}


This is text after


}}


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{{refn|group=note|This is a note before}}

Example 2{{refn|group=note|1=This is text before

{{(!}} class{{=}}"wikitable"

{{!+}} Caption text

{{!-}}

! Header text !! Header text

{{!-}}

{{!}} Example 1 {{!!}} Example 2

{{!-}}

{{!}} Example 3 {{!!}} Example 4

{{!)}}

This is text after

}}

Example 3{{refn|group=note|This is a note after}}

Notes

{{Reflist|group=note}}

See also

{{Escape template list}}

Documentation for the magic word may be found in the MediaWiki documentation at mw:Help:Magic words#Other.

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Category:Character-substitution templates

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