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Use this template to produce the character or characters " { " as ordinary text rather than as part of a link [[ ]], transclusion {{ }}, variable {{{ }}}, etc.
Similar templates
| Template call (m for magic word) |
Output (delayed interpretation as wikimarkup) | HTML alternative (never interpreted as wikimarkup) |
|---|---|---|
| {{!}} (m) | | | | or {{pipe}} |
| {{}} (m) | = | = |
| {{!!}} | || | || |
| {{!(}} | [ | [ |
| {{)!}} | ] | ] |
| {{!((}} | [[ | [[ |
| {{))!}} | ]] | ]] |
| {{(}} | { | { |
| {{)}} | } | } |
| {{((}} | {{ | {{ |
| {{))}} | }} | }} |
| {{(((}} | {{{ | {{{ |
| {{)))}} | }}} | }}} |
| {{(!}} | {| | {| |
| {{!-}} | |- | |- |
| {{!)}} | |} | |} |
See also
- Template: \ , which produces " /" (i.e. a slash character preceded by a non-breaking space)
- Template:Square bracket open, which produces " [ " or, as {{square bracket open|2}}, " [[ "
- Template:Square bracket close, which produces " ] " or, as {{square bracket close|2}}, " ]] "
The following templates enclose text inside the indicated symbols:
- Template:Braces, to produce text such as "{{example text}}" (without triggering a transclusion)
- Template:(()), like Template:Braces, except that this does not produce html markup, so that it can be processed and expanded by Lua
frame:preprocess()function - Template:Brackets, to produce text such as "[[example text]]" (without triggering a wikilink)
- Template:Bracket, to produce text such as "[example text]" or "[example text]"
- Template:Mset, to produce text such as "{1, 2, ..., N}" (i.e., a mathematical set)
- Template:Tlf, to produce text such as "{{example text}}" (without triggering a transclusion)