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Usage

This template is a {{tl}}-style template-link tag that accepts and italicizes parameters. It's the same as {{tlx}} except that the template parameters are shown in italics. It's main use is in template documentation, to give example input where the parameters are unnamed sequential ones and we're showing variable, sample input. It really should mark up the parameter with <var>...</var>, not just typographic italics, but the underlying Template:Tlg doesn't have an option to execute that markup (yet).

Examples

{{Tlxi|Template|first parameter|second|third|...|eleventh}} → {{Template|first parameter|second|third|...|eleventh}}

{{Tlxi|Template|2=first parameter|3=second|4=third|...|12=eleventh}} → {{Template|first parameter|second|third|...|…}} if they might contain "=" signs (note the off-by-one notation – parameter 1 remains the name of the template)

{{Tlxi|Template|<nowiki>first|second|...|999th</nowiki>}} → {{Template|first|second|...|999th}} (for more than 10 parameters)

If Template:Sister project Var, VAR, VAr, VaR, or var may refer to:

VAR

• Varna Airport IATA airport code
• Vacuum arc remelting, a process for production of steel and special alloys
• Value-added reseller, a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it, common in the electronics industry
• Vector autoregression, an econometric method of analysis
• Visual Aural Radio Range, VAR, a radio navigation aid for aircraft, predecessor to VHF omnidirectional range
• Free Anti Revolutionary Party (Vrije Anti Revolutionaire partij), a Dutch political party

VaR

• Value at risk in economics and finance

Var

• Var (department), a French department
• Vár, a goddess in Norse mythology or castle in Hungarian
• Var (river) in France
• Var, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
• Var, Iran (disambiguation), other places in Iran
• Uar, the name of a proto-Mongolian tribe placed in charge of the Uyghurs by the Rouran
• Var, a village in Obreja Commune, Caraş-Severin County, Romania
• Var, a village in Jibou town, Sălaj County, Romania
• Var the Stick, List of works by Piers Anthony, an eponymous character in a science fiction novel by Piers Anthony

var

• Variable (computer science), in programming languages
• Variance in statistics
• Variety (botany) in taxonomy and biology
• Vara, an old Spanish and Portuguese unit of length, still used in legal land surveys in Texas
• /var, a directory on Unix-like computer systems
• Volt-ampere reactive, a unit which is the imaginary counterpart of the watt
• Anavar, an anabolic steroid

See also

• Template:Lookfrom
• Template:Intitle
• Vars (disambiguation)
• Variable (disambiguation)
• Variant (disambiguation)
• Variety (disambiguation)

Template:Disambig is to be passed more than nine parameters (using up to the tenth of {{tlxi}}'s own parameters), the remaining parameters have to be baked into the actual eleventh parameter of {{tlxi}}:

{{Tlxi|Template|first parameter|second|third|fourth|fifth|sixth|seventh|eighth|ninth|<nowiki>tenth|eleventh|twelfth|thirteenth|...</nowiki>}}

or

{{Tlxi|Template|first parameter|second|third|fourth|fifth|sixth|seventh|eighth|ninth|tenth{{!}}eleventh{{!}}twelfth{{!}}thirteenth{{!}}...}}

or

{{Tlxi|Template|2=first parameter|3=second|4=third|5=fourth|6=fifth|7=sixth|8=seventh|9=eighth|10=ninth|11=<nowiki>tenth|eleventh|twelfth|thirteenth|...</nowiki>}}

→

{{Template|first parameter|second|third|fourth|fifth|sixth|seventh|eighth|ninth|tenth|eleventh|twelfth|thirteenth|...}}

If a twelfth parameter is passed to {{tlxi}} (i.e., an 11th to the Template:Sister project Var, VAR, VAr, VaR, or var may refer to:

VAR

• Varna Airport IATA airport code
• Vacuum arc remelting, a process for production of steel and special alloys
• Value-added reseller, a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it, common in the electronics industry
• Vector autoregression, an econometric method of analysis
• Visual Aural Radio Range, VAR, a radio navigation aid for aircraft, predecessor to VHF omnidirectional range
• Free Anti Revolutionary Party (Vrije Anti Revolutionaire partij), a Dutch political party

VaR

• Value at risk in economics and finance

Var

• Var (department), a French department
• Vár, a goddess in Norse mythology or castle in Hungarian
• Var (river) in France
• Var, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
• Var, Iran (disambiguation), other places in Iran
• Uar, the name of a proto-Mongolian tribe placed in charge of the Uyghurs by the Rouran
• Var, a village in Obreja Commune, Caraş-Severin County, Romania
• Var, a village in Jibou town, Sălaj County, Romania
• Var the Stick, List of works by Piers Anthony, an eponymous character in a science fiction novel by Piers Anthony

var

• Variable (computer science), in programming languages
• Variance in statistics
• Variety (botany) in taxonomy and biology
• Vara, an old Spanish and Portuguese unit of length, still used in legal land surveys in Texas
• /var, a directory on Unix-like computer systems
• Volt-ampere reactive, a unit which is the imaginary counterpart of the watt
• Anavar, an anabolic steroid

See also

• Template:Lookfrom
• Template:Intitle
• Vars (disambiguation)
• Variable (disambiguation)
• Variant (disambiguation)
• Variety (disambiguation)

Template:Disambig it calls in parameter 1), that parameter's value will be output as "…" and subsequent parameters ignored.

The rest of the documentation is for {{tlx}}, which works the same way.

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Note: This documentation for {{tlx}} is also transcluded by its derivatives {{tlxb}}, {{tlxc}}, {{tlxw}} (edit · master page).

This template is used to show example template usage without expanding the template itself.

Basic use

(Note: In the following examples, ellipses (groups of three dots) indicate where parameters have been omitted.)

{{tlxTemplate:\sandbox|tlx|Template|first parameter|second parameter|third|…|tenth}} produces: {{tlxTemplate:\sandbox|Template|first parameter|second parameter|third|…|tenth}}

Where parameters might contain one or more equals-signs ("="), replace each equals-sign with {{=}}:

{{tlxTemplate:\sandbox|tlx|Template|first{{=}}something|second|third{{=}}something|...|tenth}} produces: {{tlxTemplate:\sandbox|Template|first=something|second|third=something|...|tenth}}

For more than ten parameters, possibly also containing equals-signs, use <nowiki>...</nowiki> thus:

{{tlxTemplate:\sandbox|tlx|Template|<nowiki>''first''|''second''|''third=something''|...|''999th''</nowiki>}} produces: {{tlxTemplate:\sandbox|Template|first|second|third=something|...|999th}}

Purpose and naming

Mnemonically, "[t]emplate [l]ink e[x]panded" (after {{tl}}, "[t]emplate [l]ink").

This template allows an example of calling a template, accompanied by one or more parameters, to be displayed without also causing the template to be called.

Up to ten of the template's parameters (numbered or nowiki-keywords) may be displayed as placeholders, while more than over 10 parameters can be displayed using a coded vertical-bar (as in "&#124;…"). A keyword parameter can be used with equals code &#61; or {{=}} or in nowiki-text: "<nowiki>size=10</nowiki>" or all parameters as a string in "<nowiki>" tags; see Examples at bottom. For more details, see this talk page.

Exceptions

If the intended template lists numerous parameters, then perhaps this template should really not be used, and just hardcode the usage with <code><nowiki>. For example:

<code><code class="nowrap" style=""><nowiki>{{Anytemplate|arg1=23|size=250px|other parameters...}}</nowiki></code></code>.

If a vertical display, with parameters on their own lines, is desired, this can also be laid out manually in this manner, or more rapidly done with <pre>...</pre>.

Parameters

• If the only parameter supplied is {{{1}}}, i.e. a template's name, {{tlx}}'s output is the same as {{tl}} – i.e. a link within braces – but in a monospaced font:
  • {{tl|tl}} produces: {{tl}}
  • {{tlx|tl}} produces: {{tlxTemplate:\sandbox|tl}}

{{tl}} will also not take nor display additional parameters.

Named parameters

|subst=

Setting this parameter to any non-blank value will prefix the string subst: linked to Help:Substitution. This is useful to indicate when a template should be substituted. For example, {{tlxTemplate:\sandbox|tlx|Welcome|3=subst=Y}} produces: {{tlxTemplate:\sandbox|Welcome|subst=Y}}. This is similar to the action of the {{tlxTemplate:\sandbox|tlxs}} template: {{tlxTemplate:\sandbox|tlxs|Welcome}} produces: {{subst:welcome}}.

|SISTER=

For an interwiki link to other sister projects, such as: |SISTER=M: (Meta), |SISTER=Q: (WikiQuote), |SISTER=S: (WikiSource), etc, facilitating interwiki template documentation and/or discussion.

|LANG=

For a link to Wikipedias in other languages, such as: |LANG=de: (German), |LANG=sv: (Swedish), etc, facilitating cross-language template documentation and/or discussion.

Documentation

{{Tlx}} is a generalization of {{tl}}, {{tlp}} etc, with output that is arguably more legible. This depends on the browser, but narrow gaps between characters such as " { ", " | ", " } " and links can be hard to read when not monospaced (and hard to click on; for uses like {{!}}, see {{tlw}}, which makes the click target bigger).

Usage

{{tlx|Templatename}}

{{tlx|Templatename|param}}

{{tlx|Templatename|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10}}

{{tlx|Templatename|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|more}}

{{tlx|Templatename|param=value}}

There are up to 10 placeholders for parameters of the specified template.

Examples

Note

At the en.wikipedia and Meta sites, X0, X1, X2, ... X9 are sandbox templates for experimentation on involved templates that need be in template space. An auto-cleansing software facility exists that might be used to duplicate the facility on other sister projects.

{{#invoke:aligned table|table}}

Unlimited parameters as one <nowiki>...</nowiki> string

{{tlxTemplate:\sandbox|tlx|convert|<nowiki>14|m|ftin|abbr=out|sp=us</nowiki>}}

See also

• {{tlxb}}, a version of {{tlx}} where the template name is shown in bold.

  {{tlb}}, a version of {{tl}} where the template name is shown in bold.

• {{temt}}, a version of {{tlx}} that handles templates whose names include "Template:" and pages outside the Template: namespace that are treated as templates.
• {{para}}, for the presentation of template parameters and values (e.g. |paraname=val, |another=, etc).

Template-linking templates

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General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to their style

	Link style →	Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
Text style ↓	↓ {{tlg}} options1 →	N/A	nolink=yes	subst=yes	braceinside=yes	alttext=Foo 2=Foo
Normal	N/A	{{tlg}}1, 2 {{tl}} {{tlp}}2 {{tlu}}4	{{tlf}}2	{{tls}} {{tlsp}}	{{tn}}	{{tla}}
Code	code=yes or tt=yes	{{tlx}} {{tltt}} {{tltt2}}	{{tlc}}2 {{tld}}2 {{tnull}}	{{tlxs}} {{tltts}} {{tltts3}} {{tltss}}3	N/A
Bold	bold=yes	{{tlb}}	N/A
Bold code	bold=yes|code=yes	{{tlxb}}
Italic code	italic=yes|code=yes	{{tlxi}}

Other formatting templates

Code example	Effect	Notes
{{tl2|Hatnote|lang=fr}}	{{hatnote}}	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
{{tlu|User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}	{{User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}	Supports linking to any namespace
{{xpd|Hatnote|Some hatnote text}}	"{{hatnote|[[:Template:Xpd/code]]Template:Void}}" gives "{{#invoke:Hatnote|hatnote}}" [1]	Shows code, example and a link to expand the template code
{{para|title|<var>book title</var>}}	|title=book title	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values

With utility links

Code example	Effect
{{lts|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote(edit talk links history)
{{t links|Hatnote}}	Hatnote (edit · talk · history · links · /subpages · /doc · /doc edit · /sbox · /sbox diff · /test)
{{tfd links|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote {{safesubst:#invoke:Toolbar|main}}
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	Template:hatnote (backlinks edit)
{{tltt|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}}
{{tetl|Hatnote}}	{{ Hatnote }} links talk view
{{tsetl|Hatnote}}	{{ subst:Hatnote }}  links talk view
{{ti|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk<dot-separator>links<dot-separator>edit)
{{tic|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk links edit)
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
{{tlt|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} (talk)
{{ttl|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} (t/l)
{{twlh|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)