Template talk:Countdown

The following does not apply with the new preprocessor, installed on Wikimedia wikis on 24 January 2008.

{{subst:countdown|abc|7}} gives the wikitext

{{subst:#ifexpr:7>0|{{subst:countdown|abc|6}}<br>7 abc}}

which gives after another save:

1 abc
2 abc
3 abc
4 abc
5 abc
6 abc
7 abc

1 in
2 in
3 in
4 in
5 in
6 in
7 in

Compare:

1. in
2. in
3. in
4. in
5. in
6. in
7. in

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abc

{ {subst:countdown

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7}}}}

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{{subst:#if:1|{{subst:#if:1|{{subst:#if:1|{{subst:#if:1|{{subst:#if:1|{{subst:#if:1|{{subst:#if:1|
{{subst:countdown|{{subst:pipe7}}|7}}
}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
or
{{subst:#if:1|{{subst:iterate|7|{{subst:countdown|{{subst:pipe8}}|7}}}}}} 
or
{{subst:#if:1|{{subst:iterate|7|{{subst:countdown|{{subst:pipeN|7}}|7}}}}}}

giving the wikitext

<br>1 |<br>2 |<br>3 |<br>4 |<br>5 |<br>6 |<br>7 | in one save.

See also

General repetition templates:

• Template:Tbl - table output after call, hence in backward order
• Template:Tblb - table output before call, hence in forward order
• Template:Countdown - repetition of constant, counting down but displayed in backward order, so the numbering increases downward