Template:Long dash

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The long dash template produces a 3-em dash, which looks like this: " ——— ". It is intended for use in bibliographies where there is more than one title by the same author, to avoid repetition of the author's name.

Use

To use, replace the author's name with:

{{long dash}}

Synonyms: {{longdash}}, {{---}}

Example

This mark-up:

* Cook, Nicholas. ''A Guide to Musical Analysis''. Oxford University Press, 1987.
* {{long dash}} ''Music: A Very Short Introduction''. Oxford University Press, 1998.
* {{long dash}} and Mark Everist (eds). ''Rethinking Music''. Oxford University Press, 1999.

gives this:

• Cook, Nicholas. A Guide to Musical Analysis. Oxford University Press, 1987.
•  ———  Music: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 1998.
•  ———  and Mark Everist (eds). Rethinking Music. Oxford University Press, 1999.

which avoids the repetitions of:

• Cook, Nicholas. A Guide to Musical Analysis. Oxford University Press, 1987.
• Cook, Nicholas. Music: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 1998.
• Cook, Nicholas, and Mark Everist (eds). Rethinking Music. Oxford University Press, 1999.

See also

For other types of dash, see:

Code	Name	Display	Explanation
− or the "−" character in the "Insert" edit box tool	Minus	−	A mathematical operation symbol (display varies depending on font)
{{ndash}} or – or the "–" character in the "Insert" edit box tool	En dash	–	A short dash (typically half the width of an em dash)
{{mdash}} or — or the "—" character in the "Insert" edit box tool	Em dash	—	A long dash (one em wide, typically equivalent to the height of the font size)
-	Hyphen	-	The hyphen character on most keyboards, used to hyphenate compound words (display varies depending on font)

For guidance on usage of the various kinds of dash, see:

• WP:Manual of Style#Dashes (or MOS:DASH for short)
• Dash#Types of dash