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:: --[[User:Wkitty42|Wkitty42]] ([[User talk:Wkitty42|talk]]) 14:12, 5 August 2018 (EDT) | :: --[[User:Wkitty42|Wkitty42]] ([[User talk:Wkitty42|talk]]) 14:12, 5 August 2018 (EDT) | ||
i forgot to add, check out my sandbox play with this template [[User:Wkitty42/playing with convert template|here]] :) | |||
--[[User:Wkitty42|Wkitty42]] ([[User talk:Wkitty42|talk]]) 14:16, 5 August 2018 (EDT) |
Revision as of 18:16, 5 August 2018
Parameter value missing
does this template automatically add the to-unit units? in other words, if i "convert|100|mph|kts" will it put kts after the converted number?
also all i can get out of it is like seen on the convert page at the top where it just says "Parameter value missing" but i know they're there... see my experiment here...
--Wkitty42 (talk) 10:58, 4 August 2018 (EDT)
- Hmm. Looking at the template I nearly immediately spotted the problem. I had used named parameters instead of unnamed/numbered parameters (i.e. using
{{{value}}}
in the template, requiring the value to be written asvalue=72
when "calling" the template instead of just72
as was intended).
- With that fixed the issue should be limited to "just" units not yet implemented. :-P
- yes! it is working great! there are some tricks, though...
- when using the template, you must have 5 |'s in the parameters.
- if the exprn has round in it, you have to put a value, even zero, in the decimals field.
- the hide field is the only field that can be empty.
- when editing the template's #exprns, multiplying is done with *
- there is / and div for division. i think one is for integers and the other for whole numbers like in some programming languages
- see here for operands that can be used in #exprns - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##expr
i forgot to add, check out my sandbox play with this template here :)