Using format=count together with intro/outro

Just picked up the example from bugzilla using the intro and outro parameter.

{{#ask: [[Property::Value]] 
|format = count
|intro  = Found:   
|outro  =  results:
}}

  is used as space character

null parameter

What do you think about adding some kind of null parameter to count? The ide is that if nothing is found (count=0) the text in the null parameter will be used. It can be helpful in the following scenarios: 1. We want to make count pretty and add some special text in case nothing is found.

{{#ask:[[Category:Scientist]]
|format=count
|null= No one
|outro=found}}

In fact in those cases several parameter would be useful: for 0 and 1 counts.

pre>0found

2. We want to use count in {{#if function}}: in that case it will be null=

Yury Kaktov (talk) 04:03, 5 August 2012 (CEST)

Just in case ...

Available work-around(s):

{{#ifeq:
  {{#ask: [[Property::Value]] | format = count }} | 0 
  | case: Is Zero (just add Zero case pretty print here) 
  | case: Is Not Zero (enclose same #ask-count-code together with additional pretty print)
}}

Or alternatively:

{{#if:
  {{#ask: [[Property::Value]] }}
  | case: Data found == none zero-count (enclose #ask-count-code together with additional pretty print)
  | case: No data found == zero-count (just add Zero case pretty print here) 
}}

_#switch also comes to mind ... but did not checked/tested that one.

If needed one could create a template to take care of the default stuff. So one could use something like this.

{{count_pretty_print
| <#ask-count-call> ... or perhaps just the property input data (speculative/untested).
| <zero pretty print text>
| <None-zero leading pretty print text>
| <None-zero trailing pretty print text>
}}

MvGulik (talk)