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 |parameter = table
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The following tests explain how to use the <tt>[[table]]</tt> command. We have a set of documents (starting with ''Some Article ..'') and a test template named ''Some Template'' and ''Some Template.dpl'', respectively.

Please note that there is another '''example''' for creative use of the <tt>table</tt> command in the '''[[Talk:Test table|discussion page]]'''.

== A: just get one column from a template invocation ==

  |include    = {Some Template}:parm1
  |table      = ,,The first parameter of the Template Call
{{#dpl:
  |titlematch = Some Article %
  |include    = {Some Template}:parm1
  |table      = ,,The first parameter of the Template Call
}}

== A2: just get one column from a template invocation ==

  |include    = {Some Template}:parm1
  |table      = ,-,The first parameter of the Template Call
{{#dpl:
  |titlematch = Some Article %
  |include    = {Some Template}:parm1
  |table      = ,-,The first parameter of the Template Call
}}
A single '-' instead of a column name for the hyperlink to the article will suppress that column.
Note that in this configuration articles are completely missing if they do not contain a Call of ''Template:Some Template''.

== B: just get one chapter ==

  |include=#Chapter X
  |table=,,X
{{#dpl:
  |titlematch=Some Article %
  |include=#Chapter X
  |table=,,X
}}


== B2: one chapter, one line per article ==

  |include=#dummy,#Chapter X
  |table=,,,X
{{#dpl:
  |titlematch=Some Article %
  |include=#dummy,#Chapter X
  |table=,,,X
}}
Using a dummy parameter (and adding an empty column header -- set the three commas at 'table=,,,X') leads to only ONE line per article. Not very clean, but it works.

== C: get two different chapters ==

  |include=#Chapter X,#Chapter Z
  |table=,,X,Z
{{#dpl:
  |titlematch=Some Article %
  |include=#Chapter X,#Chapter Z
  |table=,,X,Z
}}

Note that a new table row is started for every occurence of ''Chapter X'' (being the first chapter mentioned in the include statement). The contents of all other columns (in this case Chapter Z) is only shown in the LAST row of each article. If there are multiple occurencies of Chapter Z, they will be separated by a horizontal line (or ony by a line break if you put a space before the "#Chapter Z" in the iclude statement).

== C2: get two different chapters ==

  |include=#dummy, #Chapter X, #Chapter Z
  |table=,,,X,Z
{{#dpl:
  |titlematch=Some Article %
  |include=#dummy, #Chapter X, #Chapter Z
  |table=,,,X,Z
}}

Again we used the trick with the dummy parameter at <tt>include</tt>. As we put a space before the '#Chapter X' we do not even get horizontal separators betrween the chapter texts.

== D: invoke a ''phantom'' template ==
  |include = {Some Template}.dpl
  |table   = ,,T1 - p1, T1 - p2
{{#dpl:
  |titlematch=Some Article %
  |include = {Some Template}.dpl
  |table   = ,,T1 - p1, T1 - p2
}}
We need two column headers as ''Template:Some Template.dpl'' produces two columns of output

== D2: invoke a ''phantom'' template ==
  |include = #dummy,{Some Template}.dpl2
  |table   = ,,,Template invocations
{{#dpl:
  |titlematch=Some Article %
  |include = #dummy,{Some Template}.dpl2
  |table   = ,,,Template invocations
}}
Note: The trick with the dummy column wouldn´t work with ''Template:Some Template.dpl'' because that template produces new columns whenever it is called. So we used a different phantom template here /''Template:Some template.dpl2'') which creates a little table containing the parameters of each invocation.

== E: A combination of all ==

  |include={Some Template}.dpl,#Chapter X,#Chapter Z
  |table=,,tpl:parm1,tpl:parm2,Chapter X,Chapter Z
{{#dpl:
  |titlematch=Some Article %
  |include={Some Template}.dpl,#Chapter X,#Chapter Z
  |table=,,tpl:parm1,tpl:parm2,Chapter X,Chapter Z
}}

== E2: A combination of all ==

  |include=#dummy,{Some Template}.dpl2,#Chapter X,#Chapter Z
  |table=,-,,Template Invocations,Chapter X,Chapter Z
{{#dpl:
  |titlematch=Some Article %
  |include=#dummy,{Some Template}.dpl2,#Chapter X,#Chapter Z
  |table=,-,,Template Invocations,Chapter X,Chapter Z
}}

Note the '-' as the second parameter for the <tt>table</tt> arguments.