Template:!(

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Use this template to produce the character or characters " [ " as ordinary text rather than as part of a link [[ ]], transclusion {{ }}, variable {{{ }}}, etc.
The HTML character code "[" may also be used to produce the same result.

Similar templates

Template	Output	HTML alternative
{{!!}}	||	||
{{!(}}	[	[
{{)!}}	]	]
{{!((}}	[[	[[
{{))!}}	]]	]]
{{(}}	{	{
{{)}}	}	}
{{((}}	{{	{{
{{))}}	}}	}}
{{(((}}	{{{	{{{
{{)))}}	}}}	}}}

• Note: Template: !  was also a template but was converted into a Magic Word, you can also use the HTML alternative of | and either will give you an output of |

See also

• Template: \ , which produces " /" (i.e. a (forward-)slash character preceded by a non-breaking space)
• Template: = , which produces an equals-sign as ordinary text
• Template:Brackets to produce text such as "[[example text]]" (i.e. unlinked)
• Template:Tlf to produce text such as "{{example text}}"

Other brace-rendering templates

• Template:Braces, to produce text such as "{{example text}}" (i.e. untranscluded).
• Template:Mset, to produce text such as "{1, 2, ..., N}" (i.e., a mathematical set)
• Template:Square bracket open, which produces " [ " or, as {{square bracket open|2}}, " [[ ".
• Template:Square bracket close, which produces " ] " or, as {{square bracket close|2}}, " ]] ".