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The {{dash}} HTML numeric character entity template gives the UTF-16 HTML [hexadecimal] numeric character entity for an hyphen, a dash or a minus sign.

Note: This is for XHTML5 future proofing, where named character entities should not be used, except the following four

Named entity	Glyph
&	&
&lt;	<
&gt;	>
&quot;	"

Numeric character entities or glyphs (except the four above glyphs, which have a special meaning in HTML) should be used instead.

Usage

{{dash|type}}

where type is among (case insensitive)

• {-, hymn, hyphus} for hyphen, ASCII hyphen, hyphus, hyphen-minus, hyphen or minus sign;
• {s-, shy} for soft hyphen, discretionary hyphen;
• {n-, nhy} for non-breaking hyphen;

• {fig} for figure dash;
• {n, en} for en dash (default);
• {m, em} for em dash;

• {mn, minus} for minus sign.

Examples

Code	Result	Comment
well-formed, well{{dash|-}}formed	well-formed, well-formed	(hyphen, hyphus, hyphen-minus)
mathe{{dash|shy}}matics	mathe­matics	(soft hyphen)
non{{dash|nhy}}breaking	non‑breaking	(non-breaking hyphen)
12{{dash|fig}}45	12‒45	(figure dash)
{{dash}}	–	(en dash, by default)
{{dash|n}}	–	(en dash)
{{dash|en}}	–	(en dash)
pp. 89{{dash|en}}97	pp. 89–97	(en dash)
pp. 89{{dash|n}}97	pp. 89–97	(en dash)
pp. 89{{dash}}97	pp. 89–97	(en dash, by default)
[[Euler{{dash|en}}Mascheroni constant]]	Euler–Mascheroni constant	(en dash)
[[Birch{{dash|en}}Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture]]	Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture	(en dash and hyphen)
{{dash|m}}	—	(em dash)
{{dash|em}}	—	(em dash)
You are the friend{{dash|em}}the only friend{{dash|em}}who offered to help me.	You are the friend—the only friend—who offered to help me.	(em dash)
{{dash|mn}}	−	(minus sign)
{{dash|minus}}	−	(minus sign)
(''x'' {{dash|mn}} ''y'')(''x'' + ''y'')	(x − y)(x + y)	(minus sign)

Code	Result
{{dash|}}
{{dash|x}}

Code

<noinclude>{{Documentation}}<!-- 

  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3215053/xhtml5-and-html4-character-entities

Unicode Characters in the 'Punctuation, Dash' Category:

  http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/category/Pd/list.htm 

--></noinclude><includeonly>{{#switch: {{lc: {{{1|n}}} }}<!--

  hyphens

-->
|  - | hymn | hyphus = &#x002D; <!-- hyphen --><!-- ASCII hyphen --><!-- hyphus, hyphen-minus, hyphen or minus sign --> 
| s- | shy = &#x00AD; <!-- soft hyphen, discretionary hyphen -->
| n- | nhy = &#x2011; <!-- non-breaking hyphen --><!--

  dashes

-->
| fig      = &#x2012; <!-- figure dash -->
|  n | en  = &#x2013; <!-- en dash -->
|  m | em  = &#x2014; <!-- em dash --><!--

  minus sign

-->
| mn | minus = &#x2212; <!-- minus sign --> 
| #default = {{error| Dash error: Argument must be from {<tt>-</tt>, <tt>hymn</tt>, <tt>hyphus</tt>} or {<tt>s-</tt>, <tt>shy</tt>} or {<tt>n-</tt>, <tt>nhy</tt>} or {<tt>fig</tt>} or {<tt>n</tt>, <tt>en</tt>} or {<tt>m</tt>, <tt>em</tt>} or {<tt>mn</tt>, <tt>minus</tt>} }}
}}</includeonly>