Template:ShowSec/doc

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Description

This template uses a numerical index to extract a page section (without the header). It is especially useful for CGI UnGames, where the {{Get}} template uses numbers anyway.

For other purposes, editors may be more interested in an alternative method using section titles instead.

Usage

{{ShowSec|page|section number}}

Special section numbers

Section number	Result
0	Displays the section of the page prior to the first header
-1	Displays the last section of the page (-2 cannot be used to display the second last section, and so on)
no number input	Treated as though it were section 0

See also

• Template:ShowSecHead

Alternative

Described by WP:SELECTIVETRANSCLUSION, the syntax is {{#section-h:page|section name}}. If we assume the first section of Uncyclopedia:How To Be Funny And Not Just Stupid is entitled "Understand the big picture", these two statements are equivalent:

• {{ShowSec|UN:HTBFANJS|1}}
• {{#section-h:UN:HTBFANJS|Understand the big picture}}

Notice that a colon separates section-h from the page name, not a pipe.