Template:US dollar

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.

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

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 < 2024), the equivalent value represented in 2024 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 $1,052 in 2024)
• {{US$|100|1966}} → US$100 (equivalent to $969.13 in 2024)
• {{US$|100|1966|link=yes}} → US$100 (equivalent to $969.13 in 2024)
• {{US$|100|2023}} → US$100 (equivalent to $103.2 in 2024)
• {{US$|100|2024}} → US$100
• {{US$|100|2025}} → US$100
• {{US$|100|2026}} → 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 $229.34 in 2024)
• {{US$|10|1935|round=0}} → US$10 (equivalent to $229 in 2024)
• {{US$|10|1935|about=yes}} → US$10 (equivalent to about $229 in 2024)
• {{US$|1000|1935|round=2}} → US$1,000 (equivalent to $22,934.47 in 2024)
• {{US$|1000|1935|round=-2}} → US$1,000 (equivalent to $22,900 in 2024)
• {{US$|1000|1935|round=-2|about=yes}} → US$1,000 (equivalent to about $22,900 in 2024)

Caution

The inflation-calculation code causes this template to approach the 40-deep expansion depth limit in the software that makes RetroWikipedia 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 $3,780 in 2024)
• {{US$|100|1850|showyear=yes}} → US$100 in 1850 (equivalent to $3,780 in 2024)

Redirects here

• Template:USD

See also

• RetroWikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Currencies
• Template:Currency
• RetroWikipedia:Wikiproject United States
• Template:Australian dollar
• Template:Bangladeshi taka
• Template:Canadian dollar
• Template:Chinese yuan
• Template:Euro
• Template:Pound sterling
• Template:Indian rupee
• Template:Japanese yen
• Template:Philippine peso
• Template:Pakistani rupee

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 dollar in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for US dollar

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.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Amount	1	Amount in US$	Number	required
Year	2	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	Number	suggested
Link?	link	Link US$ to article Example yes	Boolean	suggested
About?	about	If yes, calculate to the nearest dollar (instead of the nearest cent) and prefix the calculated value with "about" Example yes	Boolean	optional
Decimal points	round	Integer, where round to number of decimal points specified, use negative (for example, -2) for significant figures Example 2	Number	suggested
US$?	long	If no, display of "US" before the "$" 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	Boolean	optional
Show year?	showyear	If yes, show 'in YYYY' between the amount and the inflation calculation Example yes	Boolean	optional

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