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This template does nothing visually. Technically, it throws away its parameters and outputs the null string.<br />
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It is useful for programming advanced templates, and is often used within a template to the right of an equals sign. It may also be used in a template to disambiguate parsing of braces.<br />
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It can also be used to temporarily disable code. Unlike "[[commenting out]]" using [[HTML comment|HTML]] <code><nowiki><!-- --></nowiki></code>, it nests. This means that <code><nowiki>{{void|foo {{void|bar}} baz}}</nowiki></code> is valid, whereas <code><nowiki><!-- foo <!-- bar --> baz --></nowiki></code> will produce <code><!-- foo <!-- bar --> baz --></code>.<br />
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It provides a particularly concise way of temporarily disabling ''templates'', by prefixing the template name with <code>^|</code>, making the template name becomes the (ignored) first unnamed parameter. For example, suppose you have a page {{tlx|Under construction}} for several days, and wish to change that to {{tlx|In use}} during active editing sessions. Rather than delete the unused template, you can leave both templates in the wikitext and change from <code><nowiki>{{^|In use|...}}{{Under construction|...}}</nowiki></code> to <code><nowiki>{{In use|...}}{{^|Under construction|...}}</nowiki></code>.<br />
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Another possible application would be to temporarily disable an infobox on an article page while a problem with the infobox template itself is resolved.<br />
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A deeper no-op is <code><nowiki>{{subst:void|foobar}}</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>{{subst:^|foobar}}</nowiki></code>. It disappears completely upon saving.<br />
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==Alternatives==<br />
{{Tlx|Null}} also redirects here. It is also possible to use {{tlc|ns:0}}, the empty/void/null string for the main [[m:Help:Namespace|namespace]].<br />
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It can be used in place of {{xtag|nowiki|s}} to break character sequence parsing, for example {{tlx|nowrap|<nowiki>{''a''}</nowiki>{{tl|null}}}} to force the first closing brace to be treated as part of the template parameter instead of as the end of the template expression.<br />
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==TemplateData==<br />
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<TemplateData>{"description":"A template to show the null string, i.e. nothing. Any parameters are accepted and ignored.","params":{}}</TemplateData><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Template:Nothing]] – a template that displays an invisible HTML tag<br />
* [[Template:Text]] – a template that just displays its first parameter unchanged.<br />
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[[Category:Wikipedia formatting and function templates]]<br />
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