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A '''variable''' is called in the form of a [[Help:Template|template]] (one without parameters). Variables often refer to specific aspects of the respective page or the wiki, or to time and date variables.
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{| class= "wikitable" style="border:1px black solid"
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!
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|-
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| Date || ||
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|-
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| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}}</nowiki></tt> || {{CURRENTDAY}} || Displays day
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| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}</nowiki></tt> || {{CURRENTYEAR}} || Displays year
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| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki></tt> || {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} || Displays month
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| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTTIME}}</nowiki></tt> || {{CURRENTTIME}} || Displays time
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|-
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| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTHOUR}}</nowiki></tt> || {{CURRENTHOUR}} || Displays hour
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|-
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| Page Info || ||
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| <tt><nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt> || {{PAGENAME}} || Displays name of page (without namespace)
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| <tt><nowiki>{{PAGENAMEE}}</nowiki></tt> || {{PAGENAMEE}} || Same as PAGENAME, but formatted for an URL.
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|}
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Also, in templates, you can specify a variable in it with <nowiki>{{{VARNAME}}}</nowiki>.
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Then, when the template is put onto another page, you can specify the variable as follows:
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<nowiki>{{TEMPLATENAME | VARNAME = VALUE }}</nowiki>
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which replaces the variable with VALUE. Note that if you name the variables <nowiki>{{{1}}},{{{2}}},{{{3}}}</nowiki>, etc. then you can specify the values without listing the variable names in the template call.
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== See also ==
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Variable MetaWiki]
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Latest revision as of 17:04, 20 October 2024

A variable is called in the form of a template (one without parameters). Variables often refer to specific aspects of the respective page or the wiki, or to time and date variables.

Date
{{CURRENTDAY}} 27 Displays day
{{CURRENTYEAR}} 2024 Displays year
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} December Displays month
{{CURRENTTIME}} 19:47 Displays time
{{CURRENTHOUR}} 19 Displays hour
Page Info
{{PAGENAME}} Variables Displays name of page (without namespace)
{{PAGENAMEE}} Variables Same as PAGENAME, but formatted for an URL.

Also, in templates, you can specify a variable in it with {{{VARNAME}}}.

Then, when the template is put onto another page, you can specify the variable as follows:

{{TEMPLATENAME | VARNAME = VALUE }}

which replaces the variable with VALUE. Note that if you name the variables {{{1}}},{{{2}}},{{{3}}}, etc. then you can specify the values without listing the variable names in the template call.

See also

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