Template:Section length
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Returns the length of a given section of a page, the size of the longest section, or the size of the article.
Usage
[edit]{{section length|Article|Section}}
{{section length|Article|Section|nosep=y}}
{{section length|Article|Section|pct=y}}
{{section length|Article|token}}
{{section length|Article}}
Parameters
[edit]There is one required parameter, and four optional parameters:
|1=– the name of the article or page (required)|2=– the section name, or a token with leading underscore (optional; if absent,_leadis the default):|2=SectionName– returns the length of the given section|2=_lead– returns the length of the lead section (default if param 2 is absent)|2=_max– returns the length of the longest section|2=_total– returns the length of the article (should = {{PAGESIZE}} )
|3=_all– with param 2 set to a section name, add this to return section size including all its subsections (optional; default: return only the length before the first subsection heading)|pct=– set to any non-empty value, returns section length as percent of article length, rounded to 2 decimal places (optional)|nosep=– set to any non-empty value, returns byte length without thousand separators (optional; default: with separators)
Examples
[edit]{{section length|World War II|Background}}→ 50 – length in bytes of World War II#Background excluding subsections{{section length|World War II|Background|_all}}→ 8,953 – length of World War II#Background including all subsections{{section length|World War II|_total}}→ 256,040 – total length of World War II{{section length|World War II|nosep=y|_total}}→ 256040 – as above, without the comma{{section length|World War II|_lead}}→ 10,241 – length in bytes of the lead{{section length|World War II|_lead|pct=y}}→ 4.00% – length of the lead as a percent of article length{{section length|World War II|pct=y}}→ 4.00% – same as above; param 2 is optional{{section length|World War II|_max}}→ 65,072 – length in bytes of longest section{{section length|France|_total}}→ 266,464 – total length in bytes of France{{section length|France|_lead}}→ 18,604 – length of the lead section in bytes{{section length|France}}→ 18,604 – same as above; param 2 is optional{{section length|France|pct=y}}→ 6.98% – length of the lead section as a percent of article length{{section length|France|Environment}}→ 13,217 – length of France#Environment{{section length|France|Environment|nosep=y}}→ 13217 – same, without thousands separator{{section length|France|Environment|pct=y}}→ 4.96% – length of section as a percent of article length{{section length|France|Whoopsie!|pct=y}}→ – when the section doesn't exist{{section length|Franceee|pct=y}}→ error: no article: Franceee (help) – when the article doesn't exist