Template:Page numbers

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Usage

Designed to sit in a parent template (e.g. the Cite family) and ensure that p. or pp is prepended as and if appropriate.

Code	Result
{{Page numbers}}.	.
{{Page numbers|page 22}}.	pp. page 22.
{{Page numbers|Page 122}}.	pp. Page 122.
{{Page numbers|4, 6–12}}.	pp. 4, 6–12.
{{Page numbers|2232}}.	pp. 2232.
{{Page numbers|22a}}.	pp. 22a.
{{Page numbers|22 f.}}.	pp. 22 f..
{{Page numbers|22 ff.}}.	pp. 22 ff..
{{Page numbers|22 etc.}}.	pp. 22 etc..
{{Page numbers|22 and index}}.	pp. 22 and index.
{{Page numbers|1,22}}.	pp. 1,22.
{{Page numbers|12-23}}.	pp. 12-23.
{{Page numbers|15–123}}.A	pp. 15–123.
{{Page numbers|15–123}}.B	pp. 15–123.
{{Page numbers|xvi}}.	pp. xvi.
{{Page numbers|Introduction}}.	pp. Introduction.
{{Page numbers|Section 4 part 2}}.	pp. Section 4 part 2.

Notes

• A - Uses an n-dash character, "–".
• B - Uses an n-dash HTML entity, "–".

Caveat

Since we don't have proper string functions available, this template is likely to be relatively expensive in size terms - a set of short string functions would help this.