Template:For nowiki/doc

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Uses Lua:

Module:For nowiki

This template implements a foreach loop. It interprets a given wikitext (unlike {{For loop }}, which calls a specified template) once for each item in the list.

Usage

{{For nowiki|separator|‎<nowiki>wikitext‎</nowiki>|item1|item2|...}}
{{For nowiki|separator|‎<nowiki>wikitext‎</nowiki>|count=count|start=start}}

separator is inserted between the results of wikitext interpretation. Whitespace is preserved.
wikitext is interpreted once for each item in the list. It then may use
```
{{{1}}}
```
to get the item value, and
```
{{{i}}}
```
to get its position in the list (starting from 1), as well as any parameters that were passed to {{for nowiki}}. It may also contain template calls. To use a parameter passed to the calling template, surround it with </nowiki>...<nowiki> (the opening and closing tags are swapped) or pass the parameter directly to {{for nowiki}} if its name doesn't conflict with any reserved parameters.

Count form

The second form of this template using a |count= parameter interprets the given wikitext count times, passing each integer between 1 and that count as both |1= and |i= each time. By default, iteration starts from 1. Use parameter |start=number to start from a different number. Then the iteration will go from

start

to

start+count-1

.

Example

Markup

Renders as

{{For nowiki|
|<nowiki>* Item {{{i}}}: {{3x|{{{1}}} }}</nowiki>|dog|cat|bird}}
}}

* Item 1: dog dog dog

Item 2: cat cat cat
Item 3: bird bird bird

{{For nowiki|
|<nowiki># [[:Category:{{{1}}} in spaceflight]]</nowiki>|count=9|start=1961}}

# Category:1961 in spaceflight

Usage

Count form

Example

See also