සැකිල්ල:Template link with parameters/උපදෙස්

This is the template link with parameters (or {{tlp}}) template.

It can be used in documentation and talk page discussions to show how a template name would be used in code.

Here is how this template looks. Code to the left and actual rendering to the right:

{{tlp|name|parameters}} = {{name|parameters}}

Features of {{tlp}}:

• It shows a template name with a link to that template.
• It shows up to eight parameters.
• It also shows empty parameters. (See examples below.)
• It prevents line wraps in its output.
• It uses normal text style. ({{tlx}}, for instance, uses <code>...</code> text style.)

This template belongs to a whole family of similar templates. See the see also section below for some of them. For instance, when writing documentation you might want to avoid a lot of unnecessary links, since it decreases readability – i.e. on the first occurrence of a template name, use {{tl}}, {{tlp}} or {{Tlx}} and thereafter use {{tlf}}, {{tlc}} or {{tld}}.

Examples

Code	Output	Comments
{{tlp}}	{{සැකිල්ල:Template link with parameters/උපදෙස්}}	Shows its own syntax.
{{tlp|name}}	{{name}}
{{tlp|name|first}}	{{name|first}}
{{tlp|name|first|last}}	{{name|first|last}}
{{tlp|name|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j}}	{{name|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j}}	Shows up to eight parameters. The rest are dropped.
{{tlp|name|three|four}}	{{name|three|four}}	Also shows empty parameters.
{{tlp|name|three}}	{{name|three}}	Even shows empty parameters that come at the end.
{{tlp|name|first=a|last=b}}	{{name}}	Equal signs are a problem, but there are a couple ways to fix:
{{tlp|name|2=first=a|3=last=b}}	{{name|first=a|last=b}}	Use numbered parameters to fix it. Here, parameter "|2=" is assigned the string "first=a". Start with #2, since "name" is already in the "|1=" slot. Note that all subsequent parameters after a numbered parameter must also be numbered.
{{tlp|name|first{{=}}a|last{{=}}b}}	{{name|first=a|last=b}}	Or, simply use, "{{=}}", the equal-sign template, to "escape" the symbol.
{{tlp|name|2=1=a|3=2=b}}	{{name|1=a|2=b}}	Both techniques also work with numbered positional parameters (e.g.: "|1=", "|2=").
{{tlp|name|2=1=a|last{{=}}b}}	{{name|last=b}}	The named parameter ("|last=") clobbered the prior one ("|2="). Again, all subsequent parameters after a numbered parameter must also be numbered...
{{tlp|name|2=1=a|3=last=b}}	{{name|1=a|last=b}}	... but that's easy to fix, by adding the position number ("|3=") to the last parameter.

See also

• {{tl7}}

General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to the styles of generated text and link produced

Text style ↓	{{tlg}} options to achieve text style	Link style
		Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Unlinked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
{{tlg}} options to achieve link style	N/A	DEFAULT	XML Example nolink=yes	XML Example subst=yes	nolink=yes|subst=yes	XML Example braceinside=yes	XML Example alttext=Foo XML Example 2=Foo
normal	DEFAULT	{{tlg}} {{tl}} {{tlp|1|2|...}} {{Template:tlu}}	{{tlf}} <template link>	{{subst:tls}} සැකිල්ල:Tlsu	{{subst:tlsf}} <template link>	{{tn}}	{{tla}}
code	XML Example code=yes	{{tl2}} {{tlx}} {{Template:tlxu}}	{{tlc}} <template link> {{tnull}}<template link>	{{subst:tlxs}}	{{subst:tlsc}} <template link>	N/A
monospace	XML Example plaincode=yes	N/A		{{subst:tltss}}	N/A
kbd	XML Example kbd=yes
bold	XML Example bold=yes	සැකිල්ල:Tlb	N/A
bold+code	bold=yes|code=yes	සැකිල්ල:Tlxb
italic+code	italic=yes|code=yes	සැකිල්ල:Tlxi

Other formatting templates

Templates producing specialised formatting effects for given templates, modules or parameters

Code example	Effect	Notes
{{Tj|Hatnote|Some text|selfref: yes|category: no|lang: fr}}	{{Hatnote | Some text | selfref = yes | category = no | lang = fr }}	Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> {{Hatnote | Some text | selfref = yes | category = no | lang = fr }} </syntaxhighlight>	{{Hatnote | Some text | selfref = yes | category = no | lang = fr }}	Same as above
{{Tji|Hatnote|Some text|selfref: yes|category: no|lang: fr}}	සැකිල්ල:Tji	Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr}}</syntaxhighlight>	{{Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr}}	Same as above
{{tl2|Hatnote|lang=fr}}	{{hatnote}}	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
{{demo|<nowiki>{{Hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}}</nowiki>}}	{{hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}} Some text	Shows code and example
{{tln|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Tln	Produces a normal link to the template
{{elc|Template:Hatnote}} {{elc|Template:Hatnote|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Elc සැකිල්ල:Elc	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
{{ml|Example|hello}}	සැකිල්ල:Ml	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
{{mfl|Example|hello}}	සැකිල්ල:Mfl	Similar to {{ml}}, but expects the function to be documented and creates a link to the corresponding section
{{mlx|Example|hello}}	සැකිල්ල:Mlx	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
{{ml-lua|Module:Example}}	සැකිල්ල:Ml-lua	Link to Lua modules and built-in libraries, showing Lua code.
{{para|title|<var>book title</var>}}	|title=book title	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
{{sclx|LASTING}}	සැකිල්ල:Sclx	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a <code>...</code> tag.
{{tag|ref}} {{xtag|templatedata}}	<ref>...</ref> <templatedata>	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
{{dtl|Ping project}}	සැකිල්ල:Dtl	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
{{pf|if}} {{pf|if|{{{1}}}|true|false}}	සැකිල්ල:Pf සැකිල්ල:Pf	Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}
{{magic word|uc:}}	{{uc:}}	Magic word links

With utility links

Templates producing utility links for a given template (Hatnote used here as example)

Code example	Effect
{{lt|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Lt
{{lts|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Lts
{{t links|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:T links
{{tfd links|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Tfd links
{{tetl|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Tetl
{{tsetl|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Tsetl
{{ti|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Ti
{{tic|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Tic
{{tim|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Tim
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Tiw
{{tlt|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Tlt
{{ttl|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Ttl
{{twlh|Hatnote}}	සැකිල්ල:Twlh