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This template can be used in place of a literal "<" when the latter would be interpreted as a syntactic marker.  In particular, it can be used inside templates meant for subst:ing, together with the <tt><nowiki><includeonly>subst:</includeonly></nowiki></tt> trick, to allow the subst:ed output to contain HTML comments that contain other subst:ed templates, [[meta:Help:Parser function|parser functions]] or [[meta:Help:Variable|variables]].  This works even under the [[meta:Migration to the new preprocessor|new parser]], which doesn't otherwise allow code within comments to be evaluated.
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This template can be used in place of a literal "<" when the latter would be interpreted as a syntactic marker.  In particular, it can be used inside templates meant for subst:ing, together with the <code><nowiki><includeonly>subst:</includeonly></nowiki></code> trick, to allow the subst:ed output to contain HTML comments that contain other subst:ed templates, [[meta:Help:Parser function|parser functions]] or [[meta:Help:Variable|variables]].  This works even under the [[meta:Migration to the new preprocessor|new parser]], which doesn't otherwise allow code within comments to be evaluated.
  
For example, the code "<tt><nowiki>{{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>lessthan}}!-- {{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>SITENAME}} --></nowiki></tt>" in a template produces "<tt><nowiki><!-- Wikipedia --></nowiki></tt>" when subst:ed.
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For example, the code "<code><nowiki>{{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>lessthan}}!-- {{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>SITENAME}} --></nowiki></code>" in a template produces "<code><nowiki><!-- Wikipedia --></nowiki></code>" when subst:ed.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Latest revision as of 17:51, 3 June 2020

This template can be used in place of a literal "<" when the latter would be interpreted as a syntactic marker. In particular, it can be used inside templates meant for subst:ing, together with the <includeonly>subst:</includeonly> trick, to allow the subst:ed output to contain HTML comments that contain other subst:ed templates, parser functions or variables. This works even under the new parser, which doesn't otherwise allow code within comments to be evaluated.

For example, the code "{{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>lessthan}}!-- {{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>SITENAME}} -->" in a template produces "<!-- Wikipedia -->" when subst:ed.

See also