Topic on Extension talk:Variables/Archive 2

This works... unless you want to put the result of a model inside a {{#tag:syntaxhighlight}} template where the   tag will show (which is the problem, I am having right now...)

To me, there should be a "trim" parameter to the #vardefine template :

• {{#vardefine:text| text }}/{{#vardefine:text| text |true}}/{{#vardefine:text| text |trim}}
  → stores "text"
• {{#vardefine:text| text |false}}
  → stores " text "

Or if the problem comes from the way mediawiki handles template :

• {{#vardefine:text| my text is "my text" }}
  → stores "my text is "my text""
• {{#vardefine:text| ""my text is my text"" }}
  → stores ""my text is my text""
• {{#vardefine:text| " my text is "my text" " }}
  → stores " my text is "my text" "
• {{#vardefine:text|" my text is "my text" "}}
  → stores " my text is "my text" "

Or a combination of the above (parameter allowing the use of """ to delimit text that would otherwise be trimmed).

You can do this by using <nowiki /> tags:

{{#vardefine:text|<nowiki /> any text with preceding spaces}}