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The purpose of this template is to gain the value of a template's parameter (named or numbered) in an article, for usage elsewhere. For example, gaining the value of the |num_episodes= parameter in the {{Infobox television}} template in an article, to use in another article.
This template works with named or numbered parameters; i.e. it can get the first parameter of {{Start date}} (the year). This template is case-sensitive; i.e. setting |Viewers= will not match |viewers=. Make sure that you are listing the article where the template exists, not where it's transcluded to.
Usage
{{Template parameter value|article|template|template count|parameter|parameter count}}
Examples
24th usage of |OriginalAirDate= in the 3rd usage of {{Episode table}} in List of Lucifer episodes:
{{Template parameter value|List of Lucifer episodes|Episode table|3|OriginalAirDate|24}}→ May 14, 2018
2nd usage of |archive-url= in the 1st usage of {{Series overview}} in List of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes:
{{Template parameter value|List of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes|Series overview||archive-url|2}}→ https://web.archive.org/web/20150523083530/http://deadline.com/2015/05/2014-15-full-tv-season-ratings-shows-rankings-1201431167/
1st usage of |LineColor= in the 2nd usage of {{Episode list/sublist}} in Vikings season 4:
{{Template parameter value|Vikings season 4|Episode list/sublist|2|LineColor}}→ 3A3634
1st usage of |num_episodes= in the 1st usage of {{Infobox television}} in 12 Monkeys (TV series):
{{Template parameter value|12 Monkeys (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes}}→ 47
3rd parameter in the 8th usage of {{Start date}} in The Big Bang Theory:
{{Template parameter value|The Big Bang Theory|Start date|8|3}}→ 26
1st parameter in the last usage of {{date table sorting}} in List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches:
{{Template parameter value|List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches|date table sorting|-1|1}}→ December 17, 2025
TemplateData
A template to grab the value of parameters from templates on a page
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page | 1 | The page to grab templates from | Page name | required |
| Template | 2 | The template to look for in the target page | String | required |
| Template index | 3 | Which occurrence of the template to check for parameters in. Set to -1 for last occurrence (other negative numbers not supported). | Number | optional |
| Parameter | 4 | The name of the parameter to check for | String | required |
| Parameter index | 5 | Which occurrence of the parameter to check for in the template. Does not apply if "Ignore subtemplates" is used | Number | optional |
| Ignore subtemplates | ignore_subtemplates ist | Giving this a value will make the template ignores subtemplates and their parameters when looking for a value in a template. Can be used for more precise grabbing of parameters as opposed to using a parameter index
| Boolean | optional |
| Ignore blank values | ignore_blank | Ignores keys with blank values when deciding which index of a parameter to use. This option does nothing when using ignore_subtemplates
| Boolean | optional |
| Only subtemplates | only_subtemplates | The inverse to ignore_subtemplates. Only keys that are in subtemplates of the template requested will be considered. ignore_subtemplates will take precedence over this option if both are enabled
| Boolean | optional |
| Don't process | dontprocess | If enabled, the returning result won't be processed into wikitext, and will be returned as raw data.
| Boolean | optional |
| Treat as regex | treat_as_regex | Treats the Templates input as a lua regex instead of a raw string
| Boolean | optional |
See also
- {{get parameter}}, another template doing the same thing with a different set of limitations