Template:US$

US$

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This is a multifunction template. At its simplest, it adds the currency mark "US$", as recommended by MOS:CURRENCY for many situations. The template can also link to the United States dollar article and can even calculate inflation. See warnings below in § Inflation calculation.

1 Usage
2 Redirects here
3 See also
4 Template data

Usage

{{US$|number}}

Additional text like "million" or "trillion" must be placed outside the template, typically preceded by a non-breaking space (see example below).

Example:

{{US$}} → US$
{{US$|123.45}} → US$123.45
{{US$|123}}{{nbsp}}million → US$123 million

Link

The parameter |link=yes may be used to link US$ to the article United States dollar. This is turned off by default, but may be appropriate for the first occurrence of the term in an article.

Example:

{{US$|123.45|link=yes}} → US$123.45

Suppress "US"

By specifying |long=no, display of "US" before the "$" sign may be suppressed when it is clear from context that the United States dollar is meant, rather than one of the twenty or so other currencies going by the name of "dollar".

Examples:

{{US$|123.45|long=no}} → $123.45
{{US$|123.45|long=no|link=yes}} → $123.45

Inflation calculation

This template is only capable of inflating Consumer Price Index values: staples, workers' rent, small service bills (doctor's costs, train tickets). This template is incapable of inflating capital expenses, government expenses, or the personal wealth and expenditure of the rich; for such purposes refer to {{Inflation}}. Incorrect use of this template would constitute original research. If you are not sure and do not have economic training yourself, then please consult someone who does before using this template.

Do not assume that using this template will mean that a calculated value is "current", "as of 2024", "as of 2023" or even necessarily "recent". Do not use {{CURRENTYEAR}} to refer to calculated value, instead {{Inflation/year|US}} may be used. See also MOS:REALTIME.

The template supports inflation calculation, by way of {{Inflation}}. If the second parameter is used, to specify a year, and this year is within a certain range of available inflation data (specifically, if 1634 ≤ year < 2023), the equivalent value represented in 2023 dollars will be calculated in parentheses. However, this function should only be used in appropriate situations.

{{US$|value|year}}
{{US$|value|year|round=round|about=yes}}

Examples:

{{US$|100|1633}} → US$100
{{US$|100|1634}} → US$100 (equivalent to $1,019 in 2023)
{{US$|100|1966}} → US$100 (equivalent to $939.08 in 2023)
{{US$|100|1966|link=yes}} → US$100 (equivalent to $939.08 in 2023)
{{US$|100|2022}} → US$100 (equivalent to $104.12 in 2023)
{{US$|100|2023}} → US$100
{{US$|100|2024}} → US$100
{{US$|100|2025}} → US$100

Additional parameter |about=yes will cause the template to calculate to the nearest dollar (instead of the nearest cent), and prefix the calculated value with "about". The rounding can be fine-tuned further by using |round=integer. These parameters may be combined.

Examples:

{{US$|10|1935}} → US$10 (equivalent to $222.23 in 2023)
{{US$|10|1935|round=0}} → US$10 (equivalent to $222 in 2023)
{{US$|10|1935|about=yes}} → US$10 (equivalent to about $222 in 2023)
{{US$|1000|1935|round=2}} → US$1,000 (equivalent to $22,223.3 in 2023)
{{US$|1000|1935|round=-2}} → US$1,000 (equivalent to $22,200 in 2023)
{{US$|1000|1935|round=-2|about=yes}} → US$1,000 (equivalent to about $22,200 in 2023)

Caution: The inflation-calculation code causes this template to approach the 40-deep expansion depth limit in the software that makes Wikipedia work. Pages that exceed this limit are placed in Category:Pages where expansion depth is exceeded. Using |about=yes can reduce the impact somewhat. If you call this template from within another template and use the inflation feature, consider adding a caution similar to this one to that template's documention page.

Show year

The parameter |showyear=yes may be used to show in YYYY between the amount and the inflation convertion. This is used for sentence structuring.

Example:

{{US$|100|1850}} → US$100 (equivalent to $3,662 in 2023)
{{US$|100|1850|showyear=yes}} → US$100 in 1850 (equivalent to $3,662 in 2023)

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Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:US$ in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for US$

<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Amount", "description": "Amount in US$", "type": "number", "required": true }, "2": { "label": "Year", "description": "Specify a year and, if this year is between 1800 and the current year minus 1, the inflation-adjusted value will be calculated in parentheses", "type": "number", "suggested": true }, "link": { "label": "Link?", "description": "Link US$ to article", "example": "yes", "type": "boolean", "suggested": true }, "about": { "label": "About?", "description": "If yes, calculate to the nearest dollar (instead of the nearest cent) and prefix the calculated value with \"about\"", "example": "yes", "type": "boolean" }, "round": { "label": "Decimal points", "description": "Integer, where round to number of decimal points specified, use negative (for example, -2) for significant figures", "example": "2", "type": "number", "suggested": true }, "long": { "label": "US$?", "description": "If no, display of \"US\" before the \"$\" sign will be suppressed when it is clear from context that the United States dollar is meant, rather than one of the twenty or so other currencies going by the name of \"dollar\".", "example": "no", "type": "boolean" }, "showyear": { "label": "Show year?", "description": "If yes, show 'in YYYY' between the amount and the inflation calculation", "example": "yes", "type": "boolean" } }, "description": "This is a multifunction template. At its simplest, it adds the currency mark \"US$\", as recommended by MOS:CURRENCY for many situations. The template can also link to the United States dollar article and can even calculate inflation.", "format": "inline", "paramOrder": [ "1", "2", "link", "about", "round", "long", "showyear" ] } </templatedata>

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