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Module:Detect singular (sandbox)

Template:Detect singular is used to detect possible lists and is a useful tool for infoboxes, where the label may be singular (e.g., "Nickname:") but the data may be a list.

Usage

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{{Detect singular|value}}

Returns 1 if not a list, nil if a possible list.

Parameters

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Parameter	Description
`1`	Required. The data to search for a list.

Options

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There are five named arguments that control the pluralization:

|no_comma= By default, commas (or semi-colons) will cause the text string to be considered plural. Setting |no_comma=1 turns this behavior off.
|any_comma= By default, commas (or semi-colons) that are adjacent to digits are singular. Setting |any_comma=1 turns this behavior off.
|no_and= By default, "and" causes a string to be plural. Setting |no_and=1 turns this behavior off.
|parse_links= By default, wikilinks are considered to be unparseable (singular) objects. Setting |parse_links=1 will allow the parser to read the contents of the wikilinks and determine whether that makes the string plural.
|parse_number=. Setting |parse_number=1 will cause the first integer in the string to determine plurality.

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Takes a value and tries to determine whether it is singular or plural.

Template parameters[Edit template data ]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Value	`1`	The data to search for a plural or a list	String	required
No comma?	`no_comma`	Set to 1 so that commas will no longer result in a plural	Boolean	suggested
Any comma?	`Any comma?`	By default, commas (or semi-colons) that are adjacent to digits are singular. Setting this to 1 turns this behavior off.	Boolean	optional
Parse links?	`parse_links`	By default, wikilinks are considered to be unparseable (singular) objects. Setting this to 1 will allow the parser to read the contents of the wikilinks and determine whether that makes the string plural.	Boolean	optional
Parse number?	`parse_number`	Setting this to 1 will cause the first integer in the string to determine plurality.	Boolean	optional