Template:Citation/make link: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 04:13, 20 September 2013

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This template is a "subroutine" of {{Citation/core}} used for conditionally making links for the chapter= and title= fields in a citation.

It is invoked as:

{{Citation/make link

| 1 = <value of IncludedWorkURL= or URL= or PMC= parameters>

| 2 = <value of IncludedWorkTitle= or Title= parameters>

}}

It uses the following algorithm:

If the first parameter is empty, it returns the second parameter as plain text.
If the first parameter is a URL, it returns the second parameter wrapped inside an external link to the first.

This "subroutine" is designed for {{Citation/core}} and makes assumptions that may not be valid elsewhere.

Examples:

"{{Citation/make link||BBC News front page}}" produces "BBC News front page".
"{{Citation/make link|http://news.bbc.co.uk/|BBC News front page}}" produces "BBC News front page".

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       at both beginning and end of the call to this template. Since this is only
       needed once, it's more efficient to do it in {{Citation/core}} than here.
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+This template is a "subroutine" of {{tl|Citation/core}} used for conditionally making links for the <code>chapter=</code> and <code>title=</code> fields in a citation.
+It is invoked as:
+: <tt><nowiki>{{Citation/make link </nowiki> </tt>
+::  | <tt>1</tt> = ''<value of ''<tt>IncludedWorkURL=</tt>'' or ''<tt>URL=</tt>'' or ''<tt>PMC=</tt>'' parameters>''
+::  | <tt>2</tt> = ''<value of ''<tt>IncludedWorkTitle=</tt>'' or ''<tt>Title=</tt>'' parameters>''
+: <tt><nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
+It uses the following algorithm:
+# If the first parameter is empty, it returns the second parameter as plain text.
+# If the first parameter is a URL, it returns the second parameter wrapped inside an external link to the first.
+This "subroutine" is designed for {{tl|Citation/core}} and makes assumptions that may not be valid elsewhere.
+Examples:
+* "<code><nowiki>{{Citation/make link||BBC News front page}}</nowiki></code>" produces "{{Citation/make link||BBC News front page}}".
+* "<code><nowiki>{{Citation/make link|http://news.bbc.co.uk/|BBC News front page}}</nowiki></code>" produces "{{Citation/make link|http://news.bbc.co.uk/|BBC News front page}}".
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