Template:num/documentation

Usage

This template checks whether an input is a number. In a template, it can be used with the parser function {{#if:}} to provide different outputs depending on whether the input is a number, like this:

{{#if:{{num|INPUT}}
  | OUTPUT IF THE INPUT IS A NUMBER
  | OUTPUT IF THE INPUT IS NOT A NUMBER
}}

Parameters

• |1= – the input to be checked. If the input is a number, it will return the number, otherwise it will return nothing.

Examples

Simple examples

• {{num|1234567890}} → 1234567890
• {{num|1,000}} → 1000
• {{num|foo}} →

Example using the {{#if:}} parser function

Wikitext	Result
{{#if:{{num|12,345}} | This is a number! | This is not a number! }}	This is a number!
{{#if:{{num|Hello, world!}} | This is a number! | This is not a number! }}	This is not a number!