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| − | This template creates a link that uses the pipe trick if and only if the pipe trick can be used. | + | This template emulates the "pipe trick", producing a link whose displayed text excludes the namespace (if any), and excludes everything after the first open parenthesis. |
| − | | + | </noinclude>[[{{{1}}}|{{explode:{{#explode:{{{1}}}|:|0}}|(|0}}]] |
| − | i.e., the pipe trick is valid to be used for a link such as [[XCSG:Node]], producing [[XCSG:Node|Node]] because the article is in a namespace.
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| − | Similarly, the pipe trick is valid to be used for a link such as [[DataFlow (Node)]], producing [[DataFlow (Node)|DataFlow]], because that page has a parenthetical disambiguation.
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| − | However, the pipe trick will not work for a link that does not have anything to remove, such as [[Node]], and adding a pipe will break the link, giving [[Node|Node]].
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| − | Since we can't always tell in templates whether a pipe trick is needed, this template can be called instead, to determine whether the pipe trick is possible, and produce a link with the pipe trick if it is, or without the pipe trick if attempting the pipe trick would break the link.
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| − | </noinclude>{{#arraydefine:colonTest|{{{1|}}}|:}}{{#arraydefine:openParenTest|{{{1|}}}|(}}{{#arraydefine:closeParenTest|{{#arrayindex:openParenTest|1}}|)}}{{#switch:{{arraysize:colonTest}}| 0= {{#switch:{{#arraysize:closeParenTest}}|0 = [[{{{1}}}]]| #default= [[{{{1}}}{{!}}]]}} | #default = [[{{{1}}}{{!}}]]}} | + | |
Revision as of 14:57, 12 May 2014
This template emulates the "pipe trick", producing a link whose displayed text excludes the namespace (if any), and excludes everything after the first open parenthesis.
[[{{{1}}}|{{explode:{{{1}}}|(|0}}]]
