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{{DPL manual|section=dplnum}}
 
==Syntax==
<pre><nowiki>
{{#dplnum:text}}
</nowiki></pre>
 
Tries to guess a number that is buried in the text, using a set of heuristic rules which may work or not. The idea is to extract the number, so that it can be used as a sorting value in the column of a DPL table output.
==Effect==
Tries to guess a number that is buried in the text.
Uses a set of heuristic rules which may work or not.
 
==Syntax==
The idea is to extract the number so that it can be used as a sorting value in the column of a DPL table output.
<code><nowiki>{{#dplnum:''text''}}</nowiki></code> where {{tt|text}} is a number within some text.
 
==ExampleExamples==
* <code><nowiki> {{#dplnum:this is 4711 a text with a number}} </nowiki></code> '''returns: ''' {{#dplnum:this is 4711 a text with a number}}
* <code><nowiki> {{#dplnum:well above 47 Mio. US$}} </nowiki></code> '''returns: ''' {{#dplnum:well above 47 Mio US$}}
* <code><nowiki> {{#dplnum:13 Mrd}} </nowiki></nowiki></code> '''returns: ''' {{#dplnum:13 Mrd}}
* <code><nowiki> {{#dplnum:it is 47,123 Mio}} </nowiki></code> '''returns: ''' {{#dplnum:it is 47,123 Mio}}
* <code><nowiki> {{#dplnum:it is 47.123,56}} </nowiki></code> '''returns: ''' {{#dplnum:it is 47.123}}
* <code><nowiki> {{#dplnum:it is 47,000}} </nowiki></code> '''returns: ''' {{#dplnum:it is 47,000}}
* <code><nowiki> {{#dplnum:it is 4.13}} </nowiki></code> '''returns: ''' {{#dplnum:it is 4.13}}
* <code><nowiki> {{#dplnum:it is 4,13}} </nowiki></code> '''returns: ''' {{#dplnum:it is 4,13}}
* <code><nowiki> {{#dplnum:it is 0,13}} </nowiki></code> '''returns: ''' {{#dplnum:it is 0,13}}
 
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