Template:(!

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The following documentation is located at Template:(!/documentation. ^[edit]

Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox

This template returns a left brace followed by a vertical pipe ( {| ).

Usage

Simply place {{(!}} to produce the left brace followed by the vertical pipe. Usually, it is necessary when placing tables and parser functions together, where typing {| directly would break the table.

See also

Supplementary templates view, edit

Contents, text, tables:

• caps (returns a particular letter, either in upper or lower cases)
• ordinal to word (returns "first" from 1, "second" from 2, etc.)
• navbox (generates a collapsible box)
• !! (returns two vertical pipes: ||)
• (! (returns a left brace followed by a vertical pipe: {|)
• !) (returns a vertical pipe followed by a right brace: |})
• !- (returns a vertical pipe followed by a dash: |-)

Languages, families and scripts:

• Module:languages/templates

Categories:

• categorize (adds a category, with language-specific sorting)
• topics (adds a topical category, with language-specific sorting)
• catlangname (adds a lexical or other category similarly named, with language-specific sorting)

Other:

• edit (generates an "edit" button)