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	This is the '''spaced en dash space''' template; it renders text in the same format as the HTML markup sequence <code>'''&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;'''</code>. The resulting text is three characters in a line in the following order:		This is the '''spaced en dash space''' template; it renders text in the same format as the HTML markup sequence <code>'''&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;'''</code>. The resulting text is three characters in a line in the following order:
	# a [[non-breaking space]] (which cannot become a [[Line break (computing)\|line break]] and will not collapse together with any normal spaces that come before the template),		# a [[Wikipedia:non-breaking space]] (which cannot become a [[Wikipedia:Line break (computing)\|line break]] and will not collapse together with any normal spaces that come before the template),
	# a short type of dash called an [[Dash#En dash\|en dash]]), and		# a short type of dash called an [[Wikipedia:Dash#En dash\|en dash]]), and
	# one more of the same kind of non-breaking space (which will behave just like the first).		# one more of the same kind of non-breaking space (which will behave just like the first).

	The recommended usage is to use ''no'' space before the template and ''no'' space after the template, like this:		The recommended usage is to use ''no'' space before the template and ''no'' space after the template, like this:
	::<nowiki>[[Salt]]{{snds}}[[Black pepper\|Pepper]]{{snds}}[[Curry]]{{snds}}[[Saffron]]</nowiki>		::<nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Salt]]{{snds}}[[Wikipedia:Black pepper\|Pepper]]{{snds}}[[Wikipedia:Curry]]{{snds}}[[Wikipedia:Saffron]]</nowiki>
	:This will render one space on each side of the dash, and a line break will not come ''before'' one of the dashes nor will a line break come ''after'' one of the dashes as rendered here:		:This will render one space on each side of the dash, and a line break will not come ''before'' one of the dashes nor will a line break come ''after'' one of the dashes as rendered here:
	::[[Salt]] – [[Black pepper\|Pepper]] – [[Curry]] – [[Saffron]]		::[[Wikipedia:Salt]] – [[Wikipedia:Black pepper\|Pepper]] – [[Wikipedia:Curry]] – [[Wikipedia:Saffron]]

	The template is used to connect words with an en dash but with a non-breaking space before and after the en dash. Others uses of the template "spaced en dash space" are within other templates, tables, lists, and similar things to provide a separator between items. It is also to be consistent so that the article editor can use their choice of '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>bull}}''', '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>dot}}''', '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>middot}}''', '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>spaced en dash}}''', or '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>spaced en dash space}}''' and not have to insert the {{bull}}, {{dot}}, {{middot}}, {{spaced en dash}}, or {{spaced en dash space}} symbols; they can use any of these templates as a simple macro. See above and right for shortcuts editors can use to easily implement this template in articles.		The template is used to connect words with an en dash but with a non-breaking space before and after the en dash. Others uses of the template "spaced en dash space" are within other templates, tables, lists, and similar things to provide a separator between items. It is also to be consistent so that the article editor can use their choice of '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>bull}}''', '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>dot}}''', '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>middot}}''', '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>spaced en dash}}''', or '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>spaced en dash space}}''' and not have to insert the {{bull}}, {{dot}}, {{middot}}, {{spaced en dash}}, or {{spaced en dash space}} symbols; they can use any of these templates as a simple macro. See above and right for shortcuts editors can use to easily implement this template in articles.
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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* {{tn\|·}}, which produces a spaced bold [[interpunct]] aka middot: "{{·}}"		* {{tn\|·}}, which produces a spaced bold [[Wikipedia:interpunct]] aka middot: "{{·}}"
	* {{tn\|•}}, which produces a spaced bullet point: "{{•}}"		* {{tn\|•}}, which produces a spaced bullet point: "{{•}}"
	* {{tn\|\}}, which produces a spaced forward slash: "{{\}}"		* {{tn\|\}}, which produces a spaced forward slash: "{{\}}"
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	* {{tl\|spaced en dash}}, which produces a non-breaking space, followed by an [[Dash#En dash\|en dash]], and then a breaking space		* {{tl\|spaced en dash}}, which produces a non-breaking space, followed by an [[Dash#En dash\|en dash]], and then a breaking space
	* {{tl\|em dash}}, which produces an ''unspaced'' [[Dash#Em dash\|em dash]]		* {{tl\|em dash}}, which produces an ''unspaced'' [[Dash#Em dash\|em dash]]
	* [[Non-breaking space]]		* [[Wikipedia:Non-breaking space]]

	<includeonly>{{Sandbox other\|\|		<includeonly>{{Sandbox other\|\|

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	{{Commons Import}}		{{Commons Import}}
	{{Contains special characters}}		{{Contains special characters}}
	{{Infobox punctuation mark\|mark=—
	\|variant1=–\|caption1=En dash
	\|variant2=—\|caption2=Em dash
	\|variant3=‒\|caption3=Figure dash
	\|variant4=―\|caption4=Horizontal bar}}

	This is the '''spaced en dash space''' template; it renders text in the same format as the HTML markup sequence <code>'''&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;'''</code>. The resulting text is three characters in a line in the following order:		This is the '''spaced en dash space''' template; it renders text in the same format as the HTML markup sequence <code>'''&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;'''</code>. The resulting text is three characters in a line in the following order:

Caleb Cooper: Created page with "{{Documentation subpage}} NOTOC {{COinS safe|n}} {{Template shortcuts |snds|spndsp|sndashs|spnda..."

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Created page with "{{Documentation subpage}} __NOTOC__  {{COinS safe|n}} {{Template shortcuts |snds|spndsp|sndashs|spnda..."

New page

{{Documentation subpage}}
__NOTOC__

{{COinS safe|n}}
{{Template shortcuts |snds|spndsp|sndashs|spndashsp}}
{{Commons Import}}
{{Contains special characters}}
{{Infobox punctuation mark|mark=—
|variant1=–|caption1=En dash
|variant2=—|caption2=Em dash
|variant3=‒|caption3=Figure dash
|variant4=―|caption4=Horizontal bar}}

This is the '''spaced en dash space''' template; it renders text in the same format as the HTML markup sequence <code>'''&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;'''</code>. The resulting text is three characters in a line in the following order:
# a [[non-breaking space]] (which cannot become a [[Line break (computing)|line break]] and will not collapse together with any normal spaces that come before the template),
# a short type of dash called an [[Dash#En dash|en dash]]), and
# one more of the same kind of non-breaking space (which will behave just like the first).

The recommended usage is to use ''no'' space before the template and ''no'' space after the template, like this:
::<nowiki>[[Salt]]{{snds}}[[Black pepper|Pepper]]{{snds}}[[Curry]]{{snds}}[[Saffron]]</nowiki>
:This will render one space on each side of the dash, and a line break will not come ''before'' one of the dashes nor will a line break come ''after'' one of the dashes as rendered here:
::[[Salt]] – [[Black pepper|Pepper]] – [[Curry]] – [[Saffron]]

The template is used to connect words with an en dash but with a non-breaking space before and after the en dash. Others uses of the template "spaced en dash space" are within other templates, tables, lists, and similar things to provide a separator between items. It is also to be consistent so that the article editor can use their choice of '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>bull}}''', '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>dot}}''', '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>middot}}''', '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>spaced en dash}}''', or '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>spaced en dash space}}''' and not have to insert the {{bull}}, {{dot}}, {{middot}}, {{spaced en dash}}, or {{spaced en dash space}} symbols; they can use any of these templates as a simple macro. See above and right for shortcuts editors can use to easily implement this template in articles.

== Dot sizes ==

{{Dot size}}

== See also ==
* {{tn|·}}, which produces a spaced bold [[interpunct]] aka middot: "{{·}}"
* {{tn|•}}, which produces a spaced bullet point: "{{•}}"
* {{tn|\}}, which produces a spaced forward slash: "{{\}}"
* {{tl|en dash}}, which produces an ''unspaced'' [[Dash#En dash|en dash]]
* {{tl|spaced en dash}}, which produces a non-breaking space, followed by an [[Dash#En dash|en dash]], and then a breaking space
* {{tl|em dash}}, which produces an ''unspaced'' [[Dash#Em dash|em dash]]
* [[Non-breaking space]]

<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||
[[Category:Inline spacing templates]]
[[Category:Typing-aid templates|En dash, spaced]]
[[Category:Character-substitution templates]]
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	* {{tn\|•}}, which produces a spaced bullet point: "{{•}}"		* {{tn\|•}}, which produces a spaced bullet point: "{{•}}"
	* {{tn\|\}}, which produces a spaced forward slash: "{{\}}"		* {{tn\|\}}, which produces a spaced forward slash: "{{\}}"
	* {{tl\|en dash}}, which produces an ''unspaced'' [[Dash#En dash\|en dash]]		* {{tl\|en dash}}, which produces an ''unspaced'' [[Wikipedia:Dash#En dash\|en dash]]
	* {{tl\|spaced en dash}}, which produces a non-breaking space, followed by an [[Dash#En dash\|en dash]], and then a breaking space		* {{tl\|spaced en dash}}, which produces a non-breaking space, followed by an [[Wikipedia:Dash#En dash\|en dash]], and then a breaking space
	* {{tl\|em dash}}, which produces an ''unspaced'' [[Dash#Em dash\|em dash]]		* {{tl\|em dash}}, which produces an ''unspaced'' [[Wikipedia:Dash#Em dash\|em dash]]
	* [[Wikipedia:Non-breaking space]]		* [[Wikipedia:Non-breaking space]]

Template:Spaced en dash space/doc - Revision history

Caleb Cooper: /* See also */

Caleb Cooper at 15:59, 21 October 2020

Caleb Cooper at 15:58, 21 October 2020

Caleb Cooper: Created page with "{{Documentation subpage}} __NOTOC__ {{COinS safe|n}} {{Template shortcuts |snds|spndsp|sndashs|spnda..."

Caleb Cooper: Created page with "{{Documentation subpage}} NOTOC {{COinS safe|n}} {{Template shortcuts |snds|spndsp|sndashs|spnda..."