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== Dump of arguments ==

[[Special:ExpandTemplates]] is useful if there is a need to view the wikitext returned by a template or module. However, ExpandTemplates does not always show exactly what a module would receive. For example, the following template gives the output shown in ExpandTemplates, but the wikitext passed to a module would actually contains [[WP:UNIQ|strip markers]].
:<code><nowiki>{{convert|1+2/3<ref>Example</ref>|ft|in}}</nowiki></code>
:ExpandTemplates output, rearranged on multiple lines for clarity:
::<code><nowiki><templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css"></templatestyles></nowiki></code>
::<code><nowiki><span class="frac" role="math">1<span class="sr-only">+</span></nowiki></code>
::<code><nowiki><span class="num">2</span>&frasl;<span class="den">3</span></span></nowiki></code>
::<code><nowiki><ref>Example</ref></nowiki></code>
::<code><nowiki> feet (20&nbsp;in)</nowiki></code>

The <code>args</code> function shows what a module receives in its arguments.
:<code><nowiki>{{#invoke:dump|args|1={{convert|1+2/3<ref>Example</ref>|ft|in}}}}</nowiki></code>
The output follows. For clarity, it has been rearranged on multiple lines and each [[delete character]] has been replaced with <code>♢</code>.
::<code><nowiki>♢'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000002-QINU`"'♢</nowiki></code>
::<code><nowiki><span class="frac" role="math">1<span class="sr-only">+</span></nowiki></code>
::<code><nowiki><span class="num">2</span>&frasl;<span class="den">3</span></span></nowiki></code>
::<code><nowiki>♢'"`UNIQ--ref-00000001-QINU`"'♢</nowiki></code>
::<code><nowiki> feet (20&nbsp;in)</nowiki></code>