Template:!!/doc

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This template produces the pipe (or vertical bar) character, |, in such a way that it will never be interpreted as wiki markup (unlike {{!}}, which is interpreted as wiki markup in some contexts — see that template's documentation).

Specifically, its output is | which is the HTML entity for the pipe symbol.

The name of the template was chosen to suggest, "I really want to see a pipe character!" (whereas the name of {{!}} might suggest, "Give me a pipe character that may be used as wiki markup, if necessary").

Note that this template does not work the same way as the Wikipedia template of the same name.

Parameters

None.

Usage

{{!!}}

See the template's testcases:

Correct

Used alone

Wiki code

{{!!}}

Main version

|

Sandbox version

|

↑ The pipe generated by this template call will not be parsed as wiki markup if used in a table or when passed to a template that forms a wikilink. If you want a pipe that may be parsed as table markup or result in a piped link, use {{!}} instead.

Used inside a table cell to display a pipe character

Wiki code

{| class="wikitable"
| this {{!!}} that
|} 

Main version

that

Sandbox version

that

Used in a template parameter to display a pipe character

Wiki code

{{cmd|mount {{!!}} sort}}

Main version

user $mount | sort

Sandbox version

user $mount | sort

↑ Actually, {{!}} could also be used here, but this works fine.

Used in a template parameter to display table wiki markup

Wiki code

{{noop|{{{!!}} class{{=}}"wikitable"<br>
{{!!}} cell contents<br>
{{!!}}}
}}

Main version

{| class="wikitable"

| cell contents
|}

Sandbox version

{| class="wikitable"

| cell contents
|}

↑ This example echoes the one in the documentation of {{!}}, where the output is an actual rendered wikitable (see that documentation for an explanation). This one just shows the code that would have made a table, if fully parsed. Notice that line breaks are "manually" inserted using <br> tags, since single newlines do not become visible line breaks in the output (just as in regular wiki text, where a double-newline [i.e., a "blank line"] is necessary to get a line break). To get this kind of raw-wikicode output, it's probably better to avoid using this template and just wrap normal table wikicode in a <pre> element instead.

Incorrect

Anonymous parameter (no error, but not supported)

Wiki code

{{!!|anything}}

Main version

|

Sandbox version

|

See also

• {{=}}