Difference between revisions of "Template:PrintFirstParagraph"

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This template is used to extract the first paragraph from a given text. If the first paragraph of the text is longer than 1000 characters, only the first 997 characters are returned, and a <code><nowiki>&#8230;</nowiki></code> is added.
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This template is used to extract the first paragraph from a given text. If the first paragraph of the text is longer than 1000 characters, only the first 997 characters are returned, and an ellipsis (<code><nowiki>&#8230;</nowiki></code>) is added.
  
 
'''NOTE:''' As any "printing" template, it doesn't store any values anywhere, but merely returns them.
 
'''NOTE:''' As any "printing" template, it doesn't store any values anywhere, but merely returns them.
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-->{{#if: {{#var: varPos}}<!--
 
-->{{#if: {{#var: varPos}}<!--
 
   -->|<!-- if there are two or more paragraphs
 
   -->|<!-- if there are two or more paragraphs
   -->{{#ifexpr: {{#var: varPos}} > 1000|<!--
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   -->{{#ifexpr: {{#var: varPos}} > 1000<!--
      -->{{#sub: {{{vartext|}}}|0|997}}&#8230;<!--
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    -->|{{#sub: {{{vartext|}}}|0|997}}&#8230;<!--
 
     -->|{{#explode_e: {{{vartext|}}}|\n|0}}<!--  
 
     -->|{{#explode_e: {{{vartext|}}}|\n|0}}<!--  
 
   -->}}<!-- ifexpr
 
   -->}}<!-- ifexpr
   -->|<!-- if there is one paragraph or less  
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   -->|<!-- if there is one paragraph or less
   -->{{#ifexpr: {{#len: {{{vartext|}}}|}} > 1000|<!--
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  --><!-- 
      -->{{#sub: {{{vartext|}}}|0|997}}&#8230;<!--
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   -->{{#vardefine: varLen|{{#len: {{{vartext|}}}|}}|}}<!--
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  --><!-- 
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  -->{{#ifexpr: {{#var: varLen}} > 1000<!--
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    -->|{{#sub: {{{vartext|}}}|0|997}}&#8230;<!--
 
     -->|{{{vartext|}}}<!--  
 
     -->|{{{vartext|}}}<!--  
 
   -->}}<!-- ifexpr
 
   -->}}<!-- ifexpr
 
-->}}<!-- if
 
-->}}<!-- if
 
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Revision as of 23:59, 14 March 2018

This template is used to extract the first paragraph from a given text. If the first paragraph of the text is longer than 1000 characters, only the first 997 characters are returned, and an ellipsis () is added.

NOTE: As any "printing" template, it doesn't store any values anywhere, but merely returns them.

Parameters:

  • |vartext= - the text to extract the first paragraph from.