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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.

Usage[edit]

((Pars|s=200%|Content-inside-parentheses)) → (Content-inside-parentheses)

Places ( ) around the content: (Content-inside-parentheses)
Scales their size to 200%
- You can also use the units px, em, pt, or %
Adds small spaces immediately after ( and immediately before )

Parameters[edit]

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, or %. 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 ((Pars|text|50%)) in place of ((Pars|text|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.

Examples[edit]

No arguments passed[edit]

This call ((math|((pars)))) produces parentheses.

This call $( )$ produces parentheses.

No resizing used and content is passed[edit]

If ((math|((pars|X)) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.

If $(X) < 0$ , then $X$ is negative.

Parentheses are resized and no content passed[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

If ((math|((pars|X|210%)) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.

If $(X) < 0$ , then $X$ is negative.

If ((math|((pars|X|s=210%)) < 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[edit]

If ((math|((pars|((large|X))|s=210%)) < 0)), then ((mvar|X)) is negative.

If $(X) < 0$ , then $X$ is negative.

Content and parentheses are resized. Passing arguments by their position[edit]

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:

<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.

See also[edit]

((abs))
((bra-ket))
((math))
((norm))
((pipe))
((langle)) and ((rangle))

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overline underline	a line set above/below a sequence of characters
overarc	an arc set above a sequence of characters
overset underset	arbitrary characters/diacritics set above/below one another
pars	parentheses that can be resized $(\sum)$
sfrac	"standing" or upright fractions 3/5 (use in maths/science articles instead of`((fraction))`)
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