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{{Deprecated template|If either|note=Use {{mwl|#if|a b|...}} instead.}}


: <code class="nowrap">{{((}}if either ({{!}}'''a''') ({{!}}'''b''') ({{!}}''first result'') ({{!}}''second result''){{))}}</code>
:  "If either ('''a''' or) ('''b''') is true, (return ''first result'',) (else return ''second result'')."

This [[Help:Templates/Helper templates|helper template]] is designed to be used in other templates. It can help editors create template code that is more self documenting. There are no advantages of using this template over using the construct {{nowrap|<code><nowiki>{{#if:{{{1|}}}{{{2|}}} |…}}</nowiki></code>}}: all parameters are fully evaluated before reaching the template.

The "or" in the "'''a''' or '''b'''" above is [[Logical disjunction|inclusive]]: if both '''a''' <u>and</u> '''b''' are true, the template will return the ''first result''.

This template can also be used to replace the construct {{nowrap|<code><nowiki>{{#if:</nowiki>'''a'''<nowiki> |true |{{#if:</nowiki>'''b'''<nowiki> |true |false}}}}</nowiki></code>}} (i.e. "if '''a''', then true; else if '''b''', then true; else false").


== Examples ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Code !! Result
|-
| <nowiki>{{if either |a |b |true |false}}</nowiki> || {{if either |a |b |true |false}}
|-
| <nowiki>{{if either |a | |true |false}}</nowiki> || {{if either |a | |true |false}}
|-
| <nowiki>{{if either | |b |true |false}}</nowiki> || {{if either | |b |true |false}}
|-
| <nowiki>{{if either | | |true |false}}</nowiki> || {{if either | | |true |false}}
|}

== See also ==
* {{tl|if all}}
* {{tl|if both}}
* {{tl|if empty}}

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