The magic word{{!}} is used to escape avertical bar character "|" inwikitext markup, causing the parser to temporarily not interpret it as a special character.
This used to be a template, but for speed reasons, theMediaWiki parser was changed in July 2014 to instantly interpret{{!}} as "|" and ignore this template, making{{!}} amagic 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; seemw:Help:Magic words#Other for details. To fix this, use only the code {{!}} to generate the | character.
Usage
The code{{!}} is used toescape 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 text!! Header text|-| Example 1|| Example 2|-| Example 3|| Example 4|}This is text after}}yields nonsense:
| “ | This is text before{ | ” |
| — Example 1 |
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}}
| “ | This is text before 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=<nowiki/>This is text before{{(!}} class{{=}}"wikitable"{{!+}} Caption text{{!-}}! Header text !! Header text{{!-}}{{!}} Example 1{{!!}} Example 2{{!-}}{{!}} Example 3{{!!}} Example 4{{!)}}This is text after<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
- ^This is a note before
- ^This is text before
Caption text| Header text | Header text |
|---|
| Example 1 | Example 2 |
| Example 3 | Example 4 |
This is text after
- ^This is a note after
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 atmw:Help:Magic words#Other.
