Template talk:Hist5

This is an experimental template that produces sideways bars consisting of multiple occurrences of a specified symbol or text (the first parameter). Unfortunately it works only for a fixed number of bars (five): Template:X4, etc. provide repetition of a parameter, but their results (template content) cannot be used as parameter, so even a variable size rectangle (with the sides given by two parameters) is not possible.

Therefore, for general use a series of templates like this would be needed.

See also Template:Hist5 n and Template:Hist10.

{{histogram|x|3|1|5|4|1}} gives:

xxx
x
xxxxx
xxxx
x

{{histogram|oooooo|3|1|5|4|1}} gives:

oooooooooooooooooo
oooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooo

{{histogram|+|3|1|5|4|1}} gives:

+++
+
+++++
++++
+

{{histogram|-Wikipedia-|3|1|5|4|1}} gives:

-Wikipedia--Wikipedia--Wikipedia-
-Wikipedia-
-Wikipedia--Wikipedia--Wikipedia--Wikipedia--Wikipedia-
-Wikipedia--Wikipedia--Wikipedia--Wikipedia-
-Wikipedia-

For using "=" as repeated symbol, put nowiki tags around it; result:

===
=
=====
====
=

{{histogram|█|3|1|5|4|1}} gives:

███
█
█████
████
█

Too few parameters: {{histogram|x|3|1|5|4}} gives:

xxx
x
xxxxx
xxxx
{{{{{6}}}x|x}}

Histogram demo

Below the templates xn are called directly.

Rank	Province	Population	%	Density
	Netherlands	16 254 800	100.0%	391.4
1	South Holland	3 453 000	21.2%	1 207.3	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
2	North Holland	2 583 900	15.9%	971.4	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
3	North Brabant	2 406 900	14.8%	487.4	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4	Gelderland	1 967 600	12.1%	393.9	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
5	Utrecht	1 159 200	7.1%	854.9	xxxxxxxxxxxx
6	Limburg	1 143 000	7.0%	527.5	xxxxxxxxxxx
7	Overijssel	1 105 800	6.8%	331.4	xxxxxxxxxxx
8	Friesland	642 500	4.0%	191.2	xxxxxx
9	Groningen	575 900	3.5%	245.7	xxxxxx
10	Drenthe	482 300	3.0%	181.9	xxxxx
11	Zeeland	378 300	2.3%	211.1	xxxx
12	Flevoland	356 400	2.2%	249.9	xxxx

For more accuracy "|" could be used, but in a table that requires nowiki tags.

Rank	Province	Population	%	Density
	Netherlands	16 254 800	100.0%	391.4
1	South Holland	3 453 000	21.2%	1 207.3	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
2	North Holland	2 583 900	15.9%	971.4	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
3	North Brabant	2 406 900	14.8%	487.4	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4	Gelderland	1 967 600	12.1%	393.9	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
5	Utrecht	1 159 200	7.1%	854.9	xxxxxxxxxxxx
6	Limburg	1 143 000	7.0%	527.5	xxxxxxxxxxx
7	Overijssel	1 105 800	6.8%	331.4	xxxxxxxxxxx
8	Friesland	642 500	4.0%	191.2	xxxxxx
9	Groningen	575 900	3.5%	245.7	.........................................................
10	Drenthe	482 300	3.0%	181.9	................................................
11	Zeeland	378 300	2.3%	211.1	.....................................
12	Flevoland	356 400	2.2%	249.9	...................................