(1) Places ( ) around the content: (Content-inside-parentheses)
(2) scales their size to 200%
You can also use the units px/em/pt/%
(3) Add small spaces immediately after ( and immediately before )
(Content-inside-parentheses)
This template may be used to enclose text between two parentheses.
It adds padding (of width 0.1 em) on each side inside the parentheses.
This template has the following parameters
1 (positional parameter) - the text that goes inside of the parentheses.
s or 2 - "s" stands for "size". size=SIZE(px/em/pt/%) If s=100% then the size of the parentheses is not changed (i.e. the parentheses have their usual size). If s=200% (resp. s=50%) then the parentheses are twice (resp. half) their usual size.
You may use the positional parameter 2 instead of s (e.g. you may use 2=50% in place of s=50%).
If neither the parameter s nor 2 is assigned a value then the size of the parentheses is not changed (i.e. the parentheses have their usual size) and no call to the ((font)) template is made.
If ((math|((pars|X)) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
If (X) < 0, then X is negative.
Parentheses are resized and no content passed
If ((math|((pars|2=210%)) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
If () < 0, then X is negative.
If ((math|((pars|s=210%)) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
If () < 0, then X is negative.
Content is resized but parentheses aren't
If ((math|((pars|((large|X)))) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
If (X) < 0, then X is negative.
Parentheses are resized but content isn't
If ((math|((pars|2=210%|X)) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
If (X) < 0, then X is negative.
If ((math|((pars|s=210%|X)) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
If (X) < 0, then X is negative.
Content and parentheses are resized. Using parameter s for size of parentheses.
"s" stands for "size". It indicates the new size of the parentheses relative to their usual size (e.g. s=200 produces parentheses with twice their usual size, s=100 produces the usual size, etc.).
If ((math|((pars|s=210%|((large|X)))) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
If (X) < 0, then X is negative.
Content and parentheses are resized. Using "2" in place of "s".
Here we indicate the size of the parentheses (as a percentage) by using parameter number 2 rather than the named parameter s.
If ((math|((pars|2=210%|((large|X)))) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
If ((math|((pars|2=210%|1=((large|X)))) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
Both of the above lines produce identical output, which is:
If (X) < 0, then X is negative.
Content and parentheses are resized. Passing arguments by their position.
Here we indicate the size of the parentheses (as a percentage) by using parameter position number 2 rather than the named parameter s.
If ((math|((pars|((large|X))|210%)) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
If (X) < 0, then X is negative.
This is equivalent to the following two lines:
If ((math|((pars|1=((large|X))|2=210%)) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
If (X) < 0, then X is negative.
If ((math|((pars|((large|X))|2=210%)) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
If (X) < 0, then X is negative.
WARNING: in the following line, 1 is first set to ((large|X)) and then because "210" is the first unlabelled positional argument, the value of 1 is overwritten and replaced by "210" (which is why 210 appears inside the parentheses) while the positional argument 2 is never assigned a value (which is why the parentheses have their usual size). This is a documented quirk of Wikipedia templates that could occur with many templates that take two or more arguments.
If ((math|((pars|1=((large|X))|210%)) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
If (210%) < 0, then X is negative.
WARNING: the following is NOT valid since it would attempt to place the text "210" inside the parentheses (this is because the positional parameter 1 is assigned the value 210) and then attempt to pass X as the percentage number to the template ((font)) (this is because the positional parameter 2 is assigned the value ((large|X))) even though it is not a valid number.
If ((math|((pars|210%|((large|X)))) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.
It results in the following ill-formed output:
If <span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:X;color:black;background-color:transparent;;">(210%<span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:X;color:black;background-color:transparent;;">) < 0, then X is negative.