Template:Angle bracket

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Use this template to generate a pair of left (open) and right (close) angle brackets (also called chevrons) that will display correctly, even on operating systems and browsers that normally cannot display these characters when they are used in text. The angle brackets will surround whatever you insert as a parameter after the pipe (|) symbol. Examples:

• {{angle bracket|ŋ}} displays as Template:Angbr
• {{angle bracket|foo}} displays as Template:Angbr
• {{angle bracket|ψ{{!}}Ĥ{{!}}ψ}} displays as Template:Angbr

You can also insert (nest) a text- or character-producing template as the parameter. Examples:

• {{angle bracket|{{IPA|ŋ}}}} displays as Template:Angbr
• {{angle bracket|{{date}}}} displays as Template:Angbr

{{angbr IPA}} is a shorthand for the first example.

Formatting (markup)

Place any HTML or Wiki markup either outside the template or after the pipe (|) symbol as part of the parameter. Examples:

• '''{{angle bracket|foo}}''' displays as Template:Angbr
• {{angle bracket|<u>foo</u>}} displays as Template:Angbr
• {{angle bracket|''foo''}} displays as Template:Angbr

The template does not work properly with an equals sign (=) in the parameter. Start the parameter with 1= to circumvent this problem.

Meaning

Angle brackets (chevrons) have many uses as punctuation marks and symbols. See Angle brackets.

See also

• {{Circumfix}}: linguistic affix set off with reversed angle brackets
• {{Bracket}}: square brackets
• {{Braket}}, {{Bra-ket}}, {{Bra}}, {{Ket}}: Dirac notation
• {{Langle}}, {{Rangle}}: single brackets

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Angle bracket

Places the text inside an angle bracket. Used to indicate graphemes.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
text	1	Text to embrace in angle brackets Example ψ|Ĥ|ψ	Line	suggested