Template:Infobox person/height/locate/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

• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|1.57 m}} → 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|1.57 m}} → 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|157 cm}} → 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|157 cm}} → 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|5 ft}} → 5 ft (152 cm)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|5 ft}} → 5 ft (152 cm)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|2 in}} → 2 in (5 cm)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|2 in}} → 2 in (5 cm)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|5 ft 2 in}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|5 ft 2 in}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|5 ft 2 in (2012)}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) (2012)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|5&nbsp;ft 2&nbsp;in (2012)<ref>citation goes here</ref>}} → 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) (2012)

Exceptions

Does not replace numbers in hard-coded conversions (examples intentionally show incorrect conversions):

• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|5 ft 2 in (100 cm)}} → 5 ft 2 in (100 cm)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|157 cm (5 ft 5 in)}} → 157 cm (5 ft 5 in)

Does not replace numeric output of conversion templates such as {{convert}} or {{height}} (examples have precision different than usual):

• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|{{convert|5|ft|2|in|m|3|abbr=on}}}} → 5 ft 2 in (1.575 m)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|{{convert|1.57|m|ftin|1|abbr=on}}}} → 1.57 m (5 ft 1.8 in)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|{{height|ft=5|in=2|precision=3|abbr=yes}}}} → 5 ft 2 in (1.575 m)
• {{Template:Infobox person/height/locate|{{height|m=1.57|frac=16|abbr=yes}}}} → 1.57 m (5 ft 1 ¹³⁄₁₆ in)

Technical details

The following examples show how the template works:

ft & in

{{Infobox person/height/switch
  |{{{1|5 ft 2 in}}}
  |{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|5 ft 2 in}}}| | }}
  |m={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|5 ft 2 in}}}| | }}|m}}
  |c={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|5 ft 2 in}}}| | }}|cm}}
  |f={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|5 ft 2 in}}}| | }}|ft}}
  |i={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|5 ft 2 in}}}| | }}|in}}
}}

Result:
{{Infobox person/height/switch |5 ft 2 in |5 ft 2 in |m=0 |c=0 |f=3 |i=8 }}

cm

{{Infobox person/height/switch
  |{{{1|198 cm}}}
  |{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|198 cm}}}| | }}
  |m={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|198 cm}}}| | }}|m}}
  |c={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|198 cm}}}| | }}|cm}}
  |f={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|198 cm}}}| | }}|ft}}
  |i={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|198 cm}}}| | }}|in}}
}}

Result:
{{Infobox person/height/switch |198 cm |198 cm |m=6 |c=5 |f=0 |i=0 }}

m

{{Infobox person/height/switch
  |{{{1|1.98 m}}}
  |{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|1.98 m}}}| | }}
  |m={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|1.98 m}}}| | }}|m}}
  |c={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|1.98 m}}}| | }}|cm}}
  |f={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|1.98 m}}}| | }}|ft}}
  |i={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|{{{1|1.98 m}}}| | }}|in}}
}}

Result:
{{Infobox person/height/switch |1.98 m |1.98 m |m=6 |c=0 |f=0 |i=0 }}

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