Template talk:Convert/Archive November 2018
Latest comment: 6 years ago by Kendall-K1 in topic What am I doing wrong here?
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What am I doing wrong here?
Should this work? I'm not sure I understand why we have unit code with a space in it.
- {{convert|32.5|mpgus|L/100 km mpgus mpgimp|abbr=on|order=out}}
Kendall-K1 (talk) 01:16, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
- {{convert|32.5|mpgus|L/100 km mpgus mpgimp|abbr=on|order=out}} shows →
- 32.5 mpg‑US ([convert: unknown unit])
- - DePiep (talk) 01:40, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
- As it happens, the space can be omitted from that unit because L/100km is accepted. In general, however, use
+to separate unit codes when one of the units has a space. I quite like+now and have used it even when not needed because it seems more intuitive to me.{{convert|32.5|mpgus|L/100km mpgus mpgimp|abbr=on|order=out}}→ 7.2 L/100 km (32.5 mpg‑US; 39.0 mpg‑imp){{convert|32.5|mpgus|L/100 km+mpgus+mpgimp|abbr=on|order=out}}→ 7.2 L/100 km (32.5 mpg‑US; 39.0 mpg‑imp)
- Johnuniq (talk) 02:54, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
- I see now that the "+" is documented, but this seems like a usability problem to me. As you know I'm a long-time fan of this template and I didn't know about it. I bet almost no WP editors know about it. Kendall-K1 (talk) 03:44, 7 November 2018 (UTC)