Template:Escape template list/doc

Note: You can use {{esctl}} as a shortcut.

Usage

These templates are used to escape special character sequences, so that they are interpreted later than they would otherwise be. They are most useful when trying to include tables in templates.

For example, this table:

Caption text

Header text	Header text		Header text
Example 0	Example 1	Example 2	Example 3
Example 4	Example 5	Example 6	Example 7
Example 8	Example 9	Example 10	Example 11

is generated using:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ style="font-size: 105%;" | Caption text
|-
! Header text !! colspan="2" | Header text !! Header text
|-
| Example 0 || Example 1 || Example 2 || Example 3
|-
| Example 4 || Example 5 || Example 6 || Example 7
|-
| Example 8 || Example 9 || Example 10 || Example 11
|}

The below markup represents the same table, but with all of the special character sequences escaped:

{{(!}} class{{=}}"wikitable"
{{!+}} style{{=}}"font-size: 105%;" {{!}} Caption text
{{!-}}
! Header text !! colspan{{=}}"2" {{!}} Header text !! Header text
{{!-}}
{{!}} Example 0 {{!!}} Example 1 {{!!}} Example 2 {{!!}} Example 3
{{!-}}
{{!}} Example 4 {{!!}} Example 5 {{!!}} Example 6 {{!!}} Example 7
{{!-}}
{{!}} Example 8 {{!!}} Example 9 {{!!}} Example 10 {{!!}} Example 11
{{!)}}