Editing Module:Convert/documentation/conversion data/introduction (section)

=== Format ===
The script that reads this page ignores everything except for the wikitext in the following sections:
:: <code>{{nowrap|1=== Conversions ==}}</code>
:: <code>{{nowrap|1=== Input multiples ==}}</code>
:: <code>{{nowrap|1=== Output multiples ==}}</code>
:: <code>{{nowrap|1=== Combinations ==}}</code>
:: <code>{{nowrap|1=== Defaults ==}}</code>
:: <code>{{nowrap|1=== Links ==}}</code>
:: <code>{{nowrap|1=== Automatic per units ==}}</code>
:: <code>{{nowrap|1=== Overrides ==}}</code>
:: <code>{{nowrap|1=== Variable names ==}}</code> {{green|(used at [[:sl:Module:Convert/documentation/conversion data/dok#Variable names|slwiki]])}}

In those sections, a level-3 heading (like <code>{{nowrap|1==== Length ===}}</code>) starts a table that defines units of a certain type. In the subsection, lines that start with <code>|</code> are processed (all other lines, and lines that start with <code>|-</code> or <code>|}</code>, are ignored). A processed line is split into fields (delimited with <code>||</code>), and leading/trailing whitespace is removed from each field. Empty fields in the Conversions section are given a default value (for example, the plural of ''yard'' is formed by adding ''s'', and the US names are also ''yard'' and ''yards'').

The second field in each row of the Conversions section normally specifies a unit's symbol, but it can be used for other purposes described in the following. In some cases the text in the second field can be long, and it is convenient to insert <code>colspan="11"&nbsp;|</code> before the text to avoid it wrapping in a narrow column. Any such <code>colspan</code> at the start of the second field is ignored.