Template:Find substed/escape

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Returns the input string with certain Cirrus metacharacters escaped. Full set: Template:Kbd; for now, only ampersand is escaped.

Usage

{{find substed/escape|string}}

Parameters

There is one required positional parameter:

|1= – the string to be escaped

Examples

• {{find substed/escape|uw-vandalism4}} → uw-vandalism4
• {{find substed/escape|Template:Please see}} → Template:Please see
• {{find substed/escape|Template:Uw-c&pmove}} → Template:Uw-c\&pmove
• {{find substed/escape|Template:A&E original programming}} → Template:A\&E original programming
• {{find substed/escape|Template:D&D-stub}} → Template:D\&D-stub

See also

• Template:Template usage#Metacharacters
• mw:Help:CirrusSearch#Refining with an exact string
• mw:Extension:ReplaceSet – what we really need, but don't have

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