Template:Code/doc

Usage

Wraps a short span of text in <syntaxhighlight> tags (see mw:Extension:SyntaxHighlight GeSHi). This template should be used for short samples; longer content should use <pre>...</pre> or <syntaxhighlight>...</syntaxhighlight>. See Help:Wiki markup for an explanation of what the various tags do.

If the content includes an equals sign (=), you must specify the parameter explicitly: {{code|1=date=30 Feb 2010}}.

The template uses the <syntaxhighlight> tag with the attribute enclose="none". This works like the combination of the <code> and <nowiki> tags, applied to the expanded wikitext. For example, {{code|some '''wiki''' text}} will not render the word "wiki" in bold, and will render the tripled-single-quotes:

some wiki text

However, {{code|a {{template}} call}} will still invoke the template:

a {{[[Template:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]}} call

Use <nowiki>...</nowiki> around the template name to avoid this problem:

a {{template}} call

This template does not need to be substituted.

Use parameter {{{2}}} (unnamed, as |2=, or more explicitly as |lang=) to specify a language for Extension:SyntaxHighlight GeSHi. This option defaults to plain-text, i.e. no highlighting. There is no highlighting option for wikitext as a markup language, though html4strict and html5 are valid values, as are php, perl, css, javasript, mysql and many others. Attempting to use an invalid one causes a list of valid ones to be displayed in place of the template output, when the page is previewed or saved.

Examples

input	output
Lorem {{code|ipsum '''dolor'''}} sit amet	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
The declaration {{code |lang=cpp |int foo(const std::string& bar, const std::vector<long double*>& baz);}} is the prototype for a function defined later.	The declaration int foo(const std::string& bar, const std::vector<long double*>& baz); is the prototype for a function defined later.
If the code contains an [[equals sign]], such as {{code |lang=javascript |code=var img = document.getElementsByTagName("img");}}, you must identify the first parameter explicitly as {{{1}}} or {{{code}}}; see also [[:bugzilla:5138]].	If the code contains an equals sign, such as var img = document.getElementsByTagName("img");, you must identify the first parameter explicitly as {{{1}}} or {{{code}}}; see also bugzilla:5138.

See also

• {{nowiki}} - for preventing the parsing of wiki markup and HTML in the content, e.g. in source code examples
• {{pre}} - for larger blocks of source code and other pre-formatted text
• {{tag}} - for using HTML elements ("tags") in prose, e.g. source code examples
• {{var}} - for computer and mathematics variables
• {{varserif}} - same as {{var}} but differentiates better between "I" (upper-case "i") and "l" (lower-case "L")
• {{kbd}} - for indicating user input
• {{samp}} - for example output
• {{key press}} - for indicating the input of specific keystrokes, e.g. Ctrl+X
• Help:Wiki markup