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This is the '''template link with parameters''' (or {{tlp|tlp}}) template.

It can be used in documentation and talk page discussions to show how a template name would be used in code.

Here is how this template looks. Code to the left and actual rendering to the right:

: {{tlc|tlp|name|parameters}} = {{tlp|name|parameters}}

Features of {{tlp|tlp}}:
* It shows a template name with a link to that template.
* It shows up to eight parameters.
* It also shows empty parameters. (See examples below.)
* It prevents line wraps in its output.
* It uses normal text style. ({{tlx|tlx}}, for instance, uses {{tag|code}} text style.)

This template belongs to a whole family of similar templates. See the [[#See also|see also]] section below for some of them. For instance, when writing documentation you might want to avoid a lot of unnecessary links, since it decreases readability – i.e. on the first occurrence of a template name, use {{tl|tl}}, {{tlp|tlp}} or {{Tlx|Tlx}} and thereafter use {{tlf|tlf}}, {{tlc|tlc}}.

===Examples===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| '''Code''' || '''Output''' || '''Comments'''
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| {{tlc|tlp}} || {{tlp}} || Shows its own syntax.
|- style="vertical-align:top">
| {{tlc|tlp|name}} || {{tlp|name}} ||
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|| {{tlc|tlp|name|first}} || {{tlp|name|first}} ||
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| {{tlc|tlp|name|first|last}} || {{tlp|name|first|last}} ||
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| {{tlc|tlp|name|<nowiki>a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j</nowiki>}} || {{tlp|name|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j}} ||Shows up to ''eight'' parameters. The rest are dropped.
|- style="vertical-align:top">
| {{tlc|tlp|name||three|four}} || {{tlp|name||three|four}} || Also shows empty parameters.
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| {{tlc|tlp|name||three|}} || {{tlp|name||three|}} || Even shows empty parameters that come at the end.
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|style="color:red;"|{{tlc|tlp|name|3=first=a|4=last=b}} ||style="color:red;"|{{tlp|name|first=a|last=b}} ||style="color:red;"|Equal signs are a problem, but there are a couple ways to fix:
|- style="vertical-align:top">
|| {{tlc|tlp|name|3=2=first=a|4=3=last=b}} || {{tlp|name|2=first=a|3=last=b}} || Use numbered parameters to fix it. Here, parameter "{{para|2}}" is assigned the string "first{{=}}a". Start with #2, since "name" is already in the "{{para|1}}" slot. Note that ''all'' subsequent parameters after a numbered parameter ''must also'' be numbered.
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| {{tlc|tlp|name|3=first{{tl|1==}}a|4=last{{tl|1==}}b}} || {{tlp|name|first{{=}}a|last{{=}}b}} || Or, simply use, "{{tlx|1==}}", the equal-sign template, to "escape" the symbol.
|-style="vertical-align:top"
| {{tlc|tlp|name|3=2=1=a|4=3=2=b}} || {{tlp|name|2=1=a|3=2=b}} || Both techniques also work with numbered positional parameters (e.g.: "{{para|1}}", "{{para|2}}").
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|style="color:red;"|{{tlc|tlp|name|3=2=1=a|4=last{{tl|1==}}b}} ||style="color:red;"|{{tlp|name|last{{=}}b}} ||style="color:red;"|The named parameter ("{{para|last}}") clobbered the prior one ("{{para|2}}"). Again, '''all''' subsequent parameters after a numbered parameter ''must also'' be numbered...
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| {{tlc|tlp|name|3=2=1=a|4=3=last=b}} || {{tlp|name|2=1=a|3=last=b}} || ... but that's easy to fix, by adding the position number ("{{para|3}}") to the last parameter.
|}

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
"description": "Template link with parameters",
"format": "inline",
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "Template",
"description": "Linked template name",
"required": true,
"type": "wiki-template-name"
},
"2": {
"label": "Parameter 1",
"description": "First parameter value",
"type": "string"
},
"3": {
"label": "Parameter 2",
"description": "Second parameter value",
"type": "string"
},
"4": {
"label": "Parameter 3",
"description": "Third parameter value",
"type": "string"
},
"5": {
"label": "Parameter 4",
"description": "Fourth parameter value",
"type": "string"
},
"6": {
"label": "Parameter 5",
"description": "Fifth parameter value",
"type": "string"
},
"7": {
"label": "Parameter 6",
"description": "Sixth parameter value",
"type": "string"
},
"8": {
"label": "Parameter 7",
"description": "Seventh parameter value",
"type": "string"
},
"9": {
"label": "Parameter 8",
"description": "Eight parameter value",
"type": "string"
}
}
}
</templatedata>

== See also ==
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<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||

[[Category:Internal template-link templates{{#translation:}}]]
}}</includeonly>

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