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This template is for giving examples of [[Wikipedia:Template messages|template]] parameter source code (useful in template documentation and talk page discussions of template code). It must have one or two parameters itself. The first parameter is the name of the example parameter to display (this may be ''empty'', but it must be ''present''), and the second (optional) parameter is a value for the first example parameter or, if the first {{tlx|para}} parameter is empty, an unnamed example parameter.

When using literal, pre-specified parameter names and values, simply provide the valuethem (as in the first through third exampleexamples above). When illustrating hypothetical/example parameter names, or variable, or user-definable values, use something like {{tlx|var|parameter}} and/or {{tnull|var|value}} (as in the second example above). The same should be done for non-literal, example parameters (fourthlast example above).

* {{para|1}} or first unnamed parameter – the parameter name. Give this parameter as explicitly blank and just fill in parameter 2 when you want to show aan [[Help:Templates#Parameters|unnamed parameter]] that(which, doesdepending noton takethe context, may serve as a valuevalueless parameter name); (e.g., {{tnull|para||section}} → {{para||section}})

* {{para|2}} or second unnamed parameter – the value name. When the first parameter is given but is blank, the second insteadrepresents becomesan unnamed parameter's value (or a valueless parameter name), as illustrated above.

* {{para|mxt|y}} or {{para|green|y}} – to apply the style (green text, but still monospaced as code) that would be applied by {{tlx|mxt}} ("monospaced example text"). This is so that {{tnull|para}} can be used inside a passage of {{tnull|mxt}} content without the {{tag|code|o}} markup inside {{tnull|para}} overriding the color of {{tnull|mxt}}. This parameter cooperates with {{para|plain}} in applying the color but respecting the removal of border and background.

* {{para|!mxt|y}} or {{para|red|y}} – same as above, bybut applies the red of {{tlx|!mxt}}, the "bad monospaced example text" template.

* {{para|style}} – to apply arbitrary CSS style, for some specialized contextual purpose. Example: {{para|style|background-color: Yellow;}}. Any color, background-color, or border specified here will override those provided by any of the above parameters, regardless of the order in which the parameters are given in the template. As this template uses asa {{paratag|span|o}} element, only CSS that can apply to inline elements (not block elements) will work. Like the above parameters, it applies to the entire output. If you want to only style the parameter name or the value, just do so directly, e.g.: {{tnull|para|<nowiki>attrib'''''<u>s</u>'''''</nowiki>}} → {{para|attrib'''''<u>s</u>'''''}}

See also theThe three tables below; they describe the family of approximately forty templates built for talking about templates.

HereThere are also some related templates or subjects not found in those tables:

* {{tlx|Tag|...|attribs}}, for markup of examples of HTML elements' attributes and values; e.g. {{tnull|tag|a|attribs{{=}}href{{=}}/demo.php|o}} gives: {{tag|a|attribs=href=/demo.php|o}}<!--

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