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The purpose of this template is to gain the value of a template's parameter (named or numbered) in an article, for usage elsewhere. For example, gaining the value of the |num_episodes= parameter in the {{Infobox television}} template in an article, to use in another article.

This template works with named or numbered parameters; i.e. it can get the first parameter of {{Start date}} (the year). This template is case-sensitive; i.e. setting |Viewers= will not match |viewers=. Make sure that you are listing the article where the template exists, not where it's transcluded to.

Usage

{{Template parameter value|article|template|template count|parameter|parameter count}}

Examples

24th usage of |OriginalAirDate= in the 3rd usage of {{Episode table}} in List of Lucifer episodes:

• {{Template parameter value|List of Lucifer episodes|Episode table|3|OriginalAirDate|24}} → May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14)

2nd usage of |archive-url= in the 1st usage of {{Series overview}} in List of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes:

• {{Template parameter value|List of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes|Series overview||archive-url|2}} → https://web.archive.org/web/20150523083530/http://deadline.com/2015/05/2014-15-full-tv-season-ratings-shows-rankings-1201431167/

1st usage of |LineColor= in the 2nd usage of {{Episode list/sublist}} in Vikings season 4:

• {{Template parameter value|Vikings season 4|Episode list/sublist|2|LineColor}} → 3A3634

1st usage of |num_episodes= in the 1st usage of {{Infobox television}} in 12 Monkeys (TV series):

• {{Template parameter value|12 Monkeys (TV series)|Infobox television||num_episodes}} → 47

3rd parameter in the 8th usage of {{Start date}} in The Big Bang Theory:

• {{Template parameter value|The Big Bang Theory|Start date|8|3}} → 26

1st parameter in the last usage of {{date table sorting}} in List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches:

• {{Template parameter value|List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches|date table sorting|-1|1}} → December 9, 2025

TemplateData

A template to grab the value of parameters from templates on a page

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page	1	The page to grab templates from	Page name	required
Template	2	The template to look for in the target page	String	required
Template index	3	Which occurrence of the template to check for parameters in. Set to -1 for last occurrence (other negative numbers not supported).	Number	optional
Parameter	4	The name of the parameter to check for	String	required
Parameter index	5	Which occurrence of the parameter to check for in the template. Does not apply if "Ignore subtemplates" is used	Number	optional
Ignore subtemplates	ignore_subtemplates ist	Giving this a value will make the template ignores subtemplates and their parameters when looking for a value in a template. Can be used for more precise grabbing of parameters as opposed to using a parameter index Default no	Boolean	optional
Ignore blank values	ignore_blank	Ignores keys with blank values when deciding which index of a parameter to use. This option does nothing when using ignore_subtemplates Default no	Boolean	optional
Only subtemplates	only_subtemplates	The inverse to ignore_subtemplates. Only keys that are in subtemplates of the template requested will be considered. ignore_subtemplates will take precedence over this option if both are enabled Default no	Boolean	optional
Don't process	dontprocess	If enabled, the returning result won't be processed into wikitext, and will be returned as raw data. Default no	Boolean	optional
Treat as regex	treat_as_regex	Treats the Templates input as a lua regex instead of a raw string Default no	Boolean	optional

See also

• {{get parameter}}, another template doing the same thing with a different set of limitations

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