Template:Infobox person/length/locate
This is one of three templates used to automatically add conversions of length measurements displayed by infoboxes, such as the |reach= parameter in {{Infobox boxer}} or the |spike= and |block= parameters in {{Infobox volleyball biography}}.
- Template:Infobox person/length changes text for units of length to the abbreviations "in", "cm" or "m", then passes the string to:
- Template:Infobox person/length/locate which replaces any instances of
with a space, and determines the positions of "in", "cm" or "m" within that string, all of which is passed to: - Template:Infobox person/length/switch which does the conversion
Usage
{{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|198 cm}}→ 198 cm (78 in){{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|198 cm}}→ 198 cm (78 in){{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|78 in}}→ 78 in (198 cm){{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|78 in}}→ 78 in (198 cm){{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|198 cm (2012)}}→ 198 cm (78 in) (2012){{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|78 in (2012)<ref>citation goes here</ref>}}→ 78 in (198 cm) (2012)[1]
- ^ citation goes here
Exceptions
Does not replace numbers in manually entered conversions (examples intentionally show incorrect conversions):
{{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|198 cm (71 in)}}→ 198 cm (71 in){{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|1.98 m (71 in)}}→ 1.98 m (71 in){{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|78 in (191 cm)}}→ 78 in (191 cm){{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|78 in (1.91 m)}}→ 78 in (1.91 m)
Does not replace numeric output of conversion templates such as {{convert}} (examples have precision different than usual):
{{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|{{convert|198|cm|in|2|abbr=on}}}}→ 198 cm (77.95 in){{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|{{convert|1.98|m|in|2|abbr=on}}}}→ 1.98 m (77.95 in){{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|{{convert|78|in|cm|1|abbr=on}}}}→ 78 in (198.1 cm){{Template:Infobox person/length/locate|{{convert|78|in|m|3|abbr=on}}}}→ 78 in (1.981 m)
Technical details
The following examples show how the template works:
cm
{{Infobox person/length/switch
|{{{1|198&nbsp;cm}}}
|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|198&nbsp;cm}}}|&nbsp;| }}
|c={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|198&nbsp;cm}}}|&nbsp;| }}|cm}}
|m={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|198&nbsp;cm}}}|&nbsp;| }}|m}}
|i={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|198&nbsp;cm}}}|&nbsp;| }}|in}}
}}
Result:
{{Infobox person/length/switch
|198 cm
|198 cm
|c=5
|m=6
|i=0
}}
198 cm (78 in)
m
{{Infobox person/length/switch
|{{{1|1.98&nbsp;m}}}
|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|1.98&nbsp;m}}}|&nbsp;| }}
|c={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|1.98&nbsp;m}}}|&nbsp;| }}|cm}}
|m={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|1.98&nbsp;m}}}|&nbsp;| }}|m}}
|i={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|1.98&nbsp;m}}}|&nbsp;| }}|in}}
}}
Result:
{{Infobox person/length/switch
|1.98 m
|1.98 m
|c=0
|m=6
|i=0
}}
1.98 m (78 in)
in
{{Infobox person/length/switch
|{{{1|78&nbsp;in}}}
|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|78&nbsp;in}}}|&nbsp;| }}
|c={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|78&nbsp;in}}}|&nbsp;| }}|cm}}
|m={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|78&nbsp;in}}}|&nbsp;| }}|m}}
|i={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|78&nbsp;in}}}|&nbsp;| }}|in}}
}}
Result:
{{Infobox person/length/switch
|78 in
|78 in
|c=0
|m=0
|i=4
}}
78 in (198 cm)