Template:Ifequal/doc


 * This template is used to extend the parser function '#ifeq:'  to multiple tests.


 * The returned string is defined TRUE if any test pair of input parameters satisfies as if presented in 'any single' #ifeq: test'.


 * The returned value is essentially TRUE OR FALSE&mdash; garbage characters OR a null (computer) string, respectively. Thus it is suitable for testing by a simple #if:-then-else conditional on the calling page.


 * Applications are generally to display selective text for a set of pages, as in for example, a common (inter-sister project) usage page for templates, selected by specific page name cases.


 * Applications are generally to categorize differently for a group of sister sites sharing a common categorization schema, as in for example, a Wikpedia's template categories changed forms (late-winter/spring of 2007) from "common category names" with other sister projects to new forms... requiring portable templates to be adjusted by sites.


 * This template takes up to eight pairs of arguments (i.e 16 numbered parameters), tests the odd versus the even, and returns true if any pair matches using the parser function '#ifeq:'. 


 * This can be used to test for criteria which may be satisfied by some combination of multiple magic words, such as or.


 * example code

round fruits present". -- returns true if any pair match so will build the string "Yes round fruits present"  -- returns false if none match so will build the string:   "No round fruits present" ... inverts the test so tests a condition... with an "inverted result". --Assuming sites are either Wikiversity or Mediawiki commons returns a null string   as seen by the second if, which then returns the Null string to the first if...    which will expand the specified else condition "outer if's else branch...".