Help:Plainlist format – parameter named args

Parameter named args
This help page explains the usage of named arguments when using a template to display the output of the query.
Keywords
template · plainlist · named arguments · result format · parameter

This help page explains the usage of named arguments when using templates to display the output of your queries. Since Semantic MediaWiki 3.2.0Released on 7 September 2020 and compatible with MW 1.31.0 - 1.35.x. you may also use namedargs as the name of the parameter.1

The default value to this parameter is "no" meaning that the arguments for templates are unnamed arguments (also known as anonymous or numerical arguments). Named arguments can be enabled with "yes".

Named arguments via the named args parameter are used to make the connection between the printout statement and the respective template argument easier to comprehend. They are used for convenience and increased wikitext transparency.

Example

Syntax

{{#ask:
 [[Category:City]]
 [[Located in::Germany]]
 |?=city 
 |?Population=population
 |?Area=area
 |format=plainlist
 |introtemplate=TableNamedArgsHeader
 |template=TableNamedArgsBody
 |outrotemplate=TableFooter
 |named args=yes
}}

Result

City	Population	Area
Berlin	3,520,061	891.85 km²344.34 sqmi <br />
Cologne	1,080,394	405.02 km²156.38 sqmi <br />
Frankfurt	679,664	248.31 km²95.87 sqmi <br />
Munich	1,353,186	310.43 km²119.86 sqmi <br />
Stuttgart	606,588	207.35 km²80.06 sqmi <br />
Würzburg	126,635	87.63 km²33.83 sqmi <br />

The templates used to create this example: TableNamedArgsHeader, TableNamedArgsBody and TableFooter.

Notes

• The argument names are case-sensitive.
• The "labels" to the printout statements specify the argument names used.
• To add an argument name to the resulting page you have to use |?=somename. To get a plain output (not linked) additionally use |link=none.
• The named argument is added to the template like, e.g. {{{somename}}}. Prior to Semantic MediaWiki 3.0.0Released on 11 October 2018 and compatible with MW 1.27.0 - 1.31.x. like, e.g. {{{?somename}}}.
• To hide the named argument if the result does not have a value for the respective printout statement use, e.g. {{{somename|}}}.
• To fill the named argument if the result does not have a value for the respective printout statement use, e.g. {{{somename|sometext}}}.
• If clicking on the "further results" yields an empty query because the named args parameter is not reproduced here, you may have to remove the searchlabel parameter.

See also

• Help page on generating the same result using unnamed arguments