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[[Template:Xpdplain]] uses the system of the  [[Help:expansion demo templates|expansion demo templates]], although for the case where there is no [[Help:expansion|expansion]]. As opposed to [[Template:Fd]] it works in-line, and gives a link to the "Expand templates" page for the specified wikitext. It requires more inserted pipe characters to satisfy the limitations, see [[Help:Expansion demo templates#Limitations]]. It does not work for html codes like "&amp;rarr;".

Therefore the recommendation is:
*if the wikitext contains html codes like "&amp;rarr;"<ref>Note that such codes are not needed, because the symbol, in this case →, is allowed in the wikitext itself. For ways of entering it, see [[Help:Special characters#Editing]].</ref>, use [[Template:Fd]]
*also, if the wikitext contains one or more newlines, and no "Expand templates" link is desired, use Template:Fd.
*otherwise, use [[Template:Xpdplain]]

The way of entering the input, and the first part of the output, of Xpdplain is similar to that of [[Template:Cnw]]. Since the latter just displays wikitext it can also be used for wikitext with double and triple braces, there is no need for a separate template for each pattern. However, it does not support single and multiple newlines.

==Examples==
xpdplain: {{xpdplain|1=[[w:foot (length)|<span title="30.48 cm">ft</span>]]}}

fd: {{fd|1=[[w:foot (length)|<span title="30.48 cm">ft</span>]]}}

cnw: {{cnw|1=[[w:foot (length)|<span title="30.48 cm">ft</span>]]}}
----
xpdplain: {{xpdplain|a|
|b|
|
|c}}

fd: {{fd|a
b

c}}

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