Template:Infobox person/weight/locate/doc

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

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

Usage

• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|108 kg}} → 108 kg (238 lb)
• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|108 kg}} → 108 kg (238 lb)
• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|238 lb}} → 238 lb (108 kg)
• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|238 lb}} → 238 lb (108 kg)
• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|17 st}} → 17 st (238 lb; 108 kg)
• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|17 st}} → 17 st (238 lb; 108 kg)
• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|108 kg (2012)}} → 108 kg (238 lb) (2012)
• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|108&nbsp;kg (2012)<ref>citation goes here</ref>}} → 108 kg (238 lb) (2012)

Exceptions

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

• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|108 kg (229 lb)}} → 108 kg (229 lb)
• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|238 lb (119 kg)}} → 238 lb (119 kg)
• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|17 st (229 lb; 119 kg)}} → 17 st (229 lb; 119 kg)

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

• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|{{convert|108|kg|lb|1|abbr=on}}}} → 108 kg (238.1 lb)
• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|{{convert|238|lb|kg|2|abbr=on}}}} → 238 lb (107.95 kg)
• {{Template:Infobox person/weight/locate|{{convert|17|st|3|abbr=on}}}} → 17 st (238.000 lb; 107.955 kg)

Technical details

The following examples show how the template works:

kg

{{Infobox person/weight/switch
  |108 kg
  |{{#invoke:String|replace|108 kg| | }}
  |k={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|108 kg| | }}|kg}}
  |s={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|108 kg| | }}|st}}
  |l={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|108 kg| | }}|lb}}
}}

Result:
{{Infobox person/weight/switch |108 kg |108 kg |k=5 |s=0 |l=0 }}

lb

{{Infobox person/weight/switch
  |238 lb
  |{{#invoke:String|replace|238 lb| | }}
  |k={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|238 lb| | }}|kg}}
  |s={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|238 lb| | }}|st}}
  |l={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|238 lb| | }}|lb}}
}}

Result:
{{Infobox person/weight/switch |238 lb |238 lb |k=0 |s=0 |l=5 }}

st

{{Infobox person/weight/switch
  |17 st
  |{{#invoke:String|replace|17 st| | }}
  |k={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|17 st| | }}|kg}}
  |s={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|17 st| | }}|st}}
  |l={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|17 st| | }}|lb}}
}}

Result:
{{Infobox person/weight/switch |17 st |17 st |k=0 |s=4 |l=0 }}

st/lb

{{Infobox person/weight/switch
  |17 st 7 lb
  |{{#invoke:String|replace|17 st 7 lb| | }}
  |k={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|17 st 7 lb| | }}|kg}}
  |s={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|17 st 7 lb| | }}|st}}
  |l={{#invoke:String|find|{{#invoke:String|replace|17 st 7 lb| | }}|lb}}
}}

Result:
{{Infobox person/weight/switch |17 st 7 lb |17 st 7 lb |k=0 |s=4 |l=9 }}

See also

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