Template:Plain space

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Usage[change source]

{{Plain space|string}}
{{Plain space|1=string}}

Replaces a variety of whitespace characters and HTML entities representing whitespace characters in string with plain ordinary spaces. This template is designed to be used in template construction to sanitize inputs to other templates or parser functions such as {{#time}}.

This template recognizes the following:

 
 
 
 
 
 
All ASCII space characters recognized by the Scribunto %s character class

Templates such as {{Space}} or {{Sp}} will not be replaced by this template.

Note: this template uses the ¬ character as an internal marker. Any instances of ¬ in string will be removed by this template.

See also[change source]

{{space}}
{{Sp}}

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Breaking space characters	{{Sp}} {{Zero width space}}
Non-character spaces	{{Gaps}} {{In5}} {{Indent}} {{Pad}} {{Px2}}