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Usage
This template checks whether an input is a number. In a template, it can be used with the parser function {{#if:}} to provide different outputs depending on whether the input is a number, like this:
{{#if:{{num|INPUT}}
| OUTPUT IF THE INPUT IS A NUMBER
| OUTPUT IF THE INPUT IS NOT A NUMBER
}}
Parameters
|1= – the input to be checked. If the input is a number, it will return the number, otherwise it will return nothing.
Examples
Simple examples
{{num|1234567890}} → 1234567890{{num|1,000}} → 1000{{num|foo}} →
Example using the {{#if:}} parser function
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Result
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{{#if:{{num|12,345}}
| This is a number!
| This is not a number!
}}
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This is a number!
|
{{#if:{{num|Hello, world!}}
| This is a number!
| This is not a number!
}}
|
This is not a number!
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