Template:Error if empty

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The templates {{Error if empty}} is used to avoid unwanted transclusions of the {{Error}} template in the cases in which the {{#if}} (or a similar) parser function is not directly used for determining the error conditions. In these cases, these templates will appear permanently transcluded instead of {{Error}}.

Usage

This template checks whether the first parameter is empty. If it is, it redirects all other parameters, shifted, to {{Error}}; otherwise it shows the first parameter, trimmed of trailing and leading spaces.

• {{Error if empty|Hello world|Error: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.}}

  ↳ Hello world

• {{Error if empty||Error: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.}}

  ↳ Error: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

• {{Error if empty|}}

  ↳ Error: There is no text to show.

• {{Error if empty}}

  ↳ Error: There is no text to show.

See also

• Category:If-then-else templates

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