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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>'''&amp;nbsp;&amp;ndash;&amp;nbsp;'''</code>. The resulting text is three characters in a line in the following order:

# 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:

: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:

 

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.

 

== See also ==

* {{tn|•}}, which produces a spaced bullet point: "{{•}}"

* {{tn|\}}, which produces a spaced forward slash: "{{\}}"

* {{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]]

 

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