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=== Conditional table row ===
{{main|Wikipedia:Conditional tables}}

For a conditional row in a table, we can have:

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'''Wikitext'''
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="display: inline-block;">
{| class=wikitable
 {{ #if:1|{{!}}-
  ! scope=row {{!}} row one, column one
  {{!}}row one, column two}}
 {{ #if: |{{!}}-
  ! scope=row {{!}} row two, column one
  {{!}}row two, column two}}
 |-
  ! scope=row {{!}} row three, column one
  | row three, column two
|}
</syntaxhighlight></div>

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'''Produces'''
{| class=wikitable
  <!-- Row one is shown because the '1' evaluates to TRUE -->
  {{ #if:1|{{!}}-
             ! scope=row {{!}} row one, column one
           <!-- {{!}}'s get evaluated to the pipe character '|', i.e. template:! just contains '|' -->
           {{!}}row one, column two}}
  <!-- Row two NOT shown because the space between the ':' and the '|' evaluates to FALSE  -->
  {{ #if: |{{!}}-
             ! scope=row {{!}} row two, column one
           {{!}}row two, column two}}
  <!-- Row three is shown -->
  |-
             ! scope=row {{!}} row three, column one
             | row three, column two
|}
</div>

With comments to explain how it works, where note how the second row is missing:

<div class="box">
'''Wikitext'''
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="display: inline-block;">
{| class=wikitable
 <!--
  Row one is shown because the '1' evaluates
  to TRUE.
 -->
 {{ #if:1|{{!}}-
  ! scope=row {{!}} row one, column one
  <!--
   Any {{!}}'s are evaluated to the pipe
   character '|' since the template '!' just
   contains '|'.
  -->
  {{!}}row one, column two}}
 <!--
  Row two is NOT shown because the space
  between the ':' and the '|' evaluates to FALSE.
 -->
 {{ #if: |{{!}}-
  ! scope=row {{!}} row two, column one
  {{!}}row two, column two}}
 <!--
  Row three is shown.
 -->
 |-
  ! scope=row {{!}} row three, column one
  | row three, column two
|}
</syntaxhighlight></div>

<div class="box">
'''Produces'''
{| class=wikitable
  <!-- Row one is shown because the '1' evaluates to TRUE -->
  {{ #if:1|{{!}}-
             ! scope=row {{!}} row one, column one
           <!-- {{!}}'s get evaluated to the pipe character '|', i.e. template:! just contains '|' -->
           {{!}}row one, column two}}
  <!-- Row two NOT shown because the space between the ':' and the '|' evaluates to FALSE  -->
  {{ #if: |{{!}}-
             ! scope=row {{!}} row two, column one
           {{!}}row two, column two}}
  <!-- Row three is shown -->
  |-
             ! scope=row {{!}} row three, column one
             | row three, column two
|}
</div>