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imported>PrimeHunter
(create template to encode the first character per Help:Template#Problems and workarounds if it's one of : ; * #)
 
imported>MusikBot II
m (Protected "Template:Encodefirst": High-risk template or module (more info) ([Edit=Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access] (indefinite)))
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Revision as of 17:59, 5 April 2019

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This template replaces the first character of the argument with its HTML entity if it is one of four wiki markup characters : ; * #. This can sometimes fix the issue at Help:Template#Problems and workarounds where a character may be processed as though it were at the beginning of a line.

Usage

{{Encodefirst|<string>}}

Examples

The output looks like the input whether a character is replaced or not.

{{Encodefirst|*Lisp}} produces: *Lisp

But the output will behave differently from the input in some situations where it is processed. For example, {{la}} fails as of August 2017 if its argument starts with *.

{{la|*Lisp}} causes the asterisk to be processed as list markup and produces the broken:

[[:

{{la|{{Encodefirst|*Lisp}}}} works correctly:

*Lisp (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)