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Usage edit

This template checks whether an input is a number. In a template, it can be used with the parser function {{#if:}} to provide different outputs depending on whether the input is a number, like this:

{{#if:{{num|INPUT}}
  | OUTPUT IF THE INPUT IS A NUMBER
  | OUTPUT IF THE INPUT IS NOT A NUMBER
}}

Parameters edit

|1= – the input to be checked. If the input is a number, it will return the number, otherwise it will return nothing.

Examples edit

Simple examples edit

{{num|1234567890}} → 1234567890
{{num|1,000}} → 1000
{{num|foo}} →

Example using the `{{#if:}}` parser function edit

Wikitext	Result
{{#if:{{num\|12,345}} \| This is a number! \| This is not a number! }}	This is a number!
{{#if:{{num\|Hello, world!}} \| This is a number! \| This is not a number! }}	This is not a number!