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|   |  URLPARAM{"name"} -- get value of a URL parameter  
-  Returns the value of a URL parameter.
  -  Syntax: 
%URLPARAM{"name"}%
  -  Supported parameters:         
               |  Parameter:  |       Description:  |       Default:  |                       "name"  |       The name of a URL parameter  |       required  |                  default="..."  |       Default value in case parameter is empty or missing  |       empty string  |                  newline="<br />"  |       Convert newlines in textarea to other delimiters  |       no conversion  |             
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      encode="entity"  | 
      Encode special characters into HTML entities. See ENCODE for more details.  | 
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      encode="entity"  | 
      Encode special characters into HTML entities. See ENCODE for more details.  | 
      no encoding  | 
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      encode="url"  | 
      Encode special characters for URL parameter use, like a double quote into %22  | 
      no encoding  | 
      
     
      encode="quote"  | 
      Escape double quotes with backslashes (\"), does not change other characters; required when feeding URL parameters into other TWiki variables  | 
      no encoding  | 
      
     
      multiple="on"    multiple="[[$item]]"  | 
      If set, gets all selected elements of a <select multiple="multiple"> tag. A format can be specified, with $item indicating the element, e.g. multiple="Option: $item"  | 
      first element  | 
      
     
      separator=", "  | 
      Separator between multiple selections. Only relevant if multiple is specified  | 
      "\n" (new line)  | 
             
-  Example: 
%URLPARAM{"skin"}% returns print for a .../view/TWiki/VarURLPARAM?skin=print URL
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  Note: URL parameters passed into HTML form fields must be entity ENCODEd.
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  Note: URL parameters passed into HTML form fields must be entity ENCODEd.
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  Note: Double quotes in URL parameters must be escaped when passed into other TWiki variables.   Example: %SEARCH{ "%URLPARAM{ "search" encode="quotes" }%" noheader="on" }%
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  Note: When used in a template topic, this variable will be expanded when the template is used to create a new topic. See TWikiTemplates#TemplateTopicsVars for details.
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  Note: There is a risk that this variable could be misused for cross-site scripting.
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Note If you have %URLPARAM{ in the value of a URL parameter, it will be modified to %<nop>URLPARAM{. This is to prevent an infinite loop during expansion. | 
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