Template:Infobox person/height/doc

This is one of three templates used to automatically add conversions of height measurements displayed by Template:Infobox person and other infoboxes with a |height= parameter.

1. Template:Infobox person/height changes text for units of height to the abbreviations "m", "cm", "ft", or "in", then passes the string to:
2. Template:Infobox person/height/locate which replaces any instances of   with a space, and determines the positions of "m", "cm", "ft", or "in" within that string, all of which is passed to:
3. Template:Infobox person/height/switch which does the conversion

Usage

Metres:

• {{Infobox person/height|1 metre}} → 1 m (3 ft 3 in)
• {{Infobox person/height|1 meter}} → 1 m (3 ft 3 in)
• {{Infobox person/height|1.57 metres}} → 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
• {{Infobox person/height|1.57 meters}} → 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
• {{Infobox person/height|1.57 m}} → 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
• {{Infobox person/height|1.57 ms}} → 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)

Centimetres:

• {{Infobox person/height|1 centimetre}} → 1 centm
• {{Infobox person/height|1 centimeter}} → 1 centm
• {{Infobox person/height|157 centimetres}} → 157 centm
• {{Infobox person/height|157 centimeters}} → 157 centm
• {{Infobox person/height|157 cm}} → 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
• {{Infobox person/height|157 cms}} → 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)

Feet:

• {{Infobox person/height|1 foot}} → 1 ft (30 cm)
• {{Infobox person/height|2 feet}} → 2 ft (61 cm)
• {{Infobox person/height|2 ft}} → 2 ft (61 cm)

Inches:

• {{Infobox person/height|1 inch}} → 1 in (3 cm)
• {{Infobox person/height|2 inches}} → 2 in (5 cm)
• {{Infobox person/height|2 in}} → 2 in (5 cm)
• {{Infobox person/height|2 ins}} → 2 in (5 cm)

Feet and inches, embedded non-breaking space, and text after height:

• {{Infobox person/height|5 feet 2 inches}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
• {{Infobox person/height|5feet 2inches}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
• {{Infobox person/height|5 feet 2 inches}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
• {{Infobox person/height|5 feet 2 inches (2012)}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) (2012)

Embedded footnotes (references):

• {{Infobox person/height|5 feet 2 inches (2012)<ref>citation goes here</ref>}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) (2012)
• {{Infobox person/height|5 feet 2 inches (2012)<ref>"title". ''work''.</ref>}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) (2012)
• {{Infobox person/height|5 feet 2 inches (2012)<ref>{{cite news|title=feet|work=inches}}</ref>}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) (2012)
• {{Infobox person/height|5 feet 2 inches (2012)<ref>{{citation|title=metres|work=centimetres}}</ref>}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) (2012)

{{Convert}} templates generating wikilinked unit names:

• {{Infobox person/height|{{Convert|5|ft|2|in|lk=on|abbr=on}}}} → 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
• {{Infobox person/height|{{Convert|5|ft|2|in|lk=on|abbr=off}}}} → 5 ft 2 in (1.57 [m]]s)
• {{Infobox person/height|{{Convert|5|ft|2|in|cm|0|lk=on|abbr=on}}}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
• {{Infobox person/height|{{Convert|5|ft|2|in|cm|0|lk=on|abbr=off}}}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 centms)
• {{Infobox person/height|{{Convert|1.57|m|lk=on|abbr=on}}}} → 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
• {{Infobox person/height|{{Convert|1.57|m|lk=on|abbr=off}}}} → 1.57 [m]]s (5 ft 2 in)
• {{Infobox person/height|{{Convert|157|cm|ftin|lk=on|abbr=on}}}} → 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
• {{Infobox person/height|{{Convert|157|cm|ftin|lk=on|abbr=off}}}} → 157 centms (5 ft 2 in)

Exceptions

Does not replace numbers in manually entered conversions, but does replace unit names with abbreviations (examples intentionally show incorrect conversions):

• {{Infobox person/height|5 feet 2 inches (1.00 metres)}} → 5 ft 2 in (1.00m)
• {{Infobox person/height|5 feet 2 inches (100 centimetres)}} → 5 ft 2 in (100 centm)
• {{Infobox person/height|1.57 metres (5 feet 5 inches)}} → 1.57m (5 ft 5 in)
• {{Infobox person/height|157 centimetres (5 feet 5 inches)}} → 157 centm (5 ft 5 in)

Does not replace numeric output of conversion templates such as {{convert}} or {{height}}, but does replace unit names with abbreviations (examples have different precision than usual):

• {{Infobox person/height|{{Convert|5|ft|2|in|m|3|abbr=off}}}} → 5 ft 2 in (1.575m)
  • output of convert template: 5 feet 2 inches (1.575 metres)
• {{Infobox person/height|{{Convert|5|ft|2|in|cm|sigfig=4|abbr=off}}}} → 5 ft 2 in (157.5 centm)
  • output of convert template: 5 feet 2 inches (157.5 centimetres)
• {{Infobox person/height|{{Convert|1.57|m|ftin|1|abbr=off}}}} → 1.57m (5 ft 1.8 in)
  • output of convert template: 1.57 metres (5 feet 1.8 inches)
• {{Infobox person/height|{{Convert|157|cm|ftin|1|abbr=off}}}} → 157 centm (5 ft 1.8 in)
  • output of convert template: 157 centimetres (5 feet 1.8 inches)
• {{Infobox person/height|{{Height|m=1.57|frac=4|abbr=no}}}} → 1.57m (5 ft 1 ³⁄₄ in)
  • output of convert template: 1.57 metres (5 feet 1 ³⁄₄ inches)
• {{Infobox person/height|{{Height|cm=157|frac=4|abbr=no}}}} → 157 centm (5 ft 1 ³⁄₄ in)
  • output of convert template: 157 centimetres (5 feet 1 ³⁄₄ inches)

Period at end of abbreviation displays after the conversion:

• {{Infobox person/height|1.52 m.}} → 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in).
• {{Infobox person/height|152 cm.}} → 152 cm (5 ft 0 in).
• {{Infobox person/height|5 ft.}} → 5 ft (152 cm).
• {{Infobox person/height|60 in.}} → 60 in (152 cm).
• {{Infobox person/height|5 ft 0 in.}} → 5 ft 0 in (152 cm).

Multiple unit conversions won't work if input contains periods or commas:

• {{Infobox person/height|5 ft. 2 in}} → 5 ft. 2 in
• {{Infobox person/height|5 ft, 2 in}} → 5 ft, 2 in

Does not recognize symbols for feet and inches:

• {{Infobox person/height|5' 2"}} → 5' 2"
• {{Infobox person/height|5′ 2″}} → 5′ 2″
• {{Infobox person/height|157cm (5' 2")}} → 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) (5' 2")
• {{Infobox person/height|157cm (5′ 2″)}} → 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) (5′ 2″)
• {{Infobox person/height|1.57m (5' 2")}} → 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) (5' 2")
• {{Infobox person/height|1.57m (5′ 2″)}} → 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) (5′ 2″)

See also

• Template:Infobox person
• Template:Infobox person/weight
  • Template:Infobox person/weight/locate
  • Template:Infobox person/weight/switch
• Template:Infobox person/length
  • Template:Infobox person/length/locate
  • Template:Infobox person/length/switch