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This is the 45th [[:Category:internal template-link templates|internal template-link template]].

It can be used in documentation and talk page discussions to show how a template name would be used in code but also with links.

Here is how this template looks. Code to the left and actual rendering to the right:

: {{tlc|tl7|name|parameters}} = {{tl7|name|parameters}}

Features of {{tl|tl7}}:
* It shows a template name with a link to that template.
* It shows up to ''three'' parameters.
* It also shows empty parameters. (See examples below.)
* It uses normal text style. ({{tlx|tlx}}, for instance, uses {{tag|code}} text style.)
* It links the parameter shown back to the template.

This template belongs to a whole family of similar templates. See the [[#See also|see also]] section below for some of the ones that are more popular than {{tlf|tl7}}.

===Examples===
{{Aligned table |cols=3 |class=wikitable
| '''Code''' | '''Output''' | '''Comments'''
| {{tlc|tl7}} | {{tl7}} | Shows its own syntax.
| {{tlc|tl7|name}} | {{tl7|name}} |
| {{tlc|tl7|name|first}} | {{tl7|name|first}} |
| {{tlc|tl7|name|first|last}} | {{tl7|name|first|last}} |
| {{tlc|tl7|name|a|b|c|d|e|<nowiki>f|g|h|i|</nowiki>j}} | {{tl7|name|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j}} | Shows up to ''three'' parameters. The rest are replaced with ''...'' instead.

|row7style=color:red;
| {{tlc|tl7|name||too|many}}
| {{tl7|name||too|many}}
| Empty parameters are still treated as if there is something there. There are only two ways to fix this:
| {{tlc|tl7|name|<nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki>too|many}}
| {{tl7|name|{{!}}too|many}}
| Use <nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki> instead
| {{tlc|tl7|name|&#124;too|many}}
| {{tl7|name||too|many}}
| Use "&#124;"

|row10style=color:red;
| {{tlc|tl7|name|3=first=a|4=last=b}}
| {{tl7|name|first=a|last=b}}
| Equal signs are also a problem, but there are a couple ways to fix this:
| {{tlc|tl7|name|3=2=first=a|4=3=last=b}}
| {{tl7|name|2=first=a|3=last=b}}
| Use numbered parameters to fix it. Here, parameter "{{para|2}}" is assigned the string "first{{=}}a". Start with #2, since "name" is already in the "{{para|1}}" slot. Note that ''all'' subsequent parameters after a numbered parameter ''must also'' be numbered.
| {{tlc|tl7|name|3=first<nowiki>{{=}}</nowiki>a|4=last<nowiki>{{=}}</nowiki>b}}
| {{tl7|name|first{{=}}a|last{{=}}b}}
| Or, simply use, "<nowiki>{{=}}</nowiki>", the equal-sign template, to "escape" the symbol.
| {{tlc|tl7|name|3=2=1=a|4=3=2=b}}
| {{tl7|name|2=1=a|3=2=b}}
| Both techniques also work with numbered positional parameters (e.g.: "{{para|1}}", "{{para|2}}").

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| {{tlc|tl7|name|3=2=1=a|4=last<nowiki>{{=}}</nowiki>b}}
| {{tl7|name|last{{=}}b}}
| The named parameter ("{{para|last}}") clobbered the prior one ("{{para|2}}"). Again, '''all''' subsequent parameters after a numbered parameter ''must also'' be numbered...

| {{tlc|tl7|name|3=2=1=a|4=3=last=b}}
| {{tl7|name|2=1=a|3=last=b}}
| ... but that's easy to fix, by adding the position number ("{{para|3}}") to the last parameter.
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===See also===
* {{tl|Template link 2}} - the {{tl|tlx}}-version of this template
* {{tl|Template link with parameters}} - solves the same problem

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