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This is one of three templates used to automatically add conversions of length measurements displayed by [[:Category:Infobox templates|infoboxes]], such as the {{para|reach}} parameter in {{tlx|Infobox boxer}} or the {{para|spike}} and {{para|block}} parameters in {{tlx|Infobox volleyball biography}}.
 
This is one of three templates used to automatically add conversions of length measurements displayed by [[:Category:Infobox templates|infoboxes]], such as the {{para|reach}} parameter in {{tlx|Infobox boxer}} or the {{para|spike}} and {{para|block}} parameters in {{tlx|Infobox volleyball biography}}.
  
# [[Template:Infobox person/length]] changes text for units of length to the abbreviations "cm" or "in", then passes the string to:
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# [[Template:Infobox person/length]] changes text for units of length to the abbreviations "in", "cm" or "m", then passes the string to:
# [[Template:Infobox person/length/locate]] which replaces any instances of <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> with a space, and determines the positions of "cm" or "in" within that string, all of which is passed to:
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# [[Template:Infobox person/length/locate]] which replaces any instances of <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> with a space, and determines the positions of "in", "cm" or "m" within that string, all of which is passed to:
 
# [[Template:Infobox person/length/switch]] which does the conversion
 
# [[Template:Infobox person/length/switch]] which does the conversion
  

Revision as of 18:14, 12 July 2018

This is one of three templates used to automatically add conversions of length measurements displayed by infoboxes, such as the |reach= parameter in {{Infobox boxer}} or the |spike= and |block= parameters in {{Infobox volleyball biography}}.

  1. Template:Infobox person/length changes text for units of length to the abbreviations "in", "cm" or "m", then passes the string to:
  2. Template:Infobox person/length/locate which replaces any instances of &nbsp; with a space, and determines the positions of "in", "cm" or "m" within that string, all of which is passed to:
  3. Template:Infobox person/length/switch which does the conversion

See also