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<includeonly>=== {{{name|function}}}() ===
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{{{syntax|}}}
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Revision as of 11:15, 12 December 2014


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Goal

This template is to be used to document Nasal API functions. The underlying aim is to unify Nasal documentation on the wiki.

Usage

{{Nasal doc
| name        = 
| syntax      = <syntaxhighlight lang="nasal"></syntaxhighlight>
| text        = 
| param1      = 
...
| param10     = 
| param1text  = 
...
| param10text = 
| example1    = <syntaxhighlight lang="nasal"></syntaxhighlight>
...
| example10   = <syntaxhighlight lang="nasal"></syntaxhighlight>
}}

All parameters are optional.

Basic data

name
Name of the function (for example maketimer).
syntax
Syntax of the function.
Note Please use <syntaxhighlight> tags.
text
Description of the function.
param(n)
Names of the parameters of the function. There can be up to ten parameters, from param1 to param10.
param(n)text
Description of the parameters. There can be up to ten parameters, from param1text to param10text.
example(n)
Examples of the usage of the function. There can be up to ten examples, from example1 to example10.
Note Please use <syntaxhighlight> tags.

Example

{{Nasal doc
| name       = function
| syntax     =
<syntaxhighlight lang="nasal">function(a, [b, c]);</syntaxhighlight>
| text       = Returns a value or '''nil'''.
| param1     = a
| param1text = Mandatory argument.
| param2     = b
| param2text = Optional argument.
| param3     = c
| param3text = Optional argument.
| example1   =
<syntaxhighlight lang="nasal">var variable = function("string");</syntaxhighlight>
| example2   =
<syntaxhighlight lang="nasal">var variable = function("string", 1.234, FlightGear);</syntaxhighlight>
}}

function

function(a, [b, c]);

Returns a value or nil.

a
Mandatory argument.
b
Optional argument.
c
Optional argument.

Examples

var variable = function("string");
var variable = function("string", 1.234, FlightGear);

Known issues

You have to manually add the <syntaxhighlight> tags.