Purpose

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The purpose of this template is to automatically convert and format currency from Indian Rupees to other currencies (United States Dollars by default) applying adjustment for inflation where appropriate. Rates of exchange and inflation must be manually copied by editors therefore the template's output does not necessarily reflect the present exchange rates or price indices but, rather, reflects the rates and indices at the time of the last update.

Usage

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{{INRConvert|rupee_value|currency_formatting|rounding digits|lk=|to=|year=}}

Parameters

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A description of the template's parameters are listed below.

Field name Usage Description
rupee_value mandatory The value, in Indian Rupees, that needs to be converted. The template will not accept pre-formatted values (i.e. 1,234).
currency_formatting optional Used to represent larger numbers. Available options are as follows.
  • k – to represent thousand(s)
  • m – to represent million(s)
  • b – to represent billion(s)
  • t – to represent trillion(s)
  • l – to represent lakh(s)
  • c – to represent crore(s)
  • lc – to represent lakh crore(s)
  • Brackets in the sense may be singular (or) plural.
rounding_digits optional Used to round significant digits. Negative values (-2, -3) can be used to round values to the nearest hundred or thousand, etc. A value of "0" will drop paise or cent values from the converted number. By default the conversion will be rounded to two significant figures.
Refer to the Examples section below for more examples.
lk optional This parameter gives you the option of internally linking currency names (rupees and paise) and/or number names (lakh and crore). By default, the parameter is set to "off" (i.e. it is set not to link). Available options are as follows.
  • on – to link "rupee"/"paise" and "lakh"/"crore"/"billion"
  • r – to link "rupee"/"paise"
  • b – to link "billion"
  • t – to link "trillion"
  • l – to link "lakh"
  • c – to link "crore"
  • lc – to link "lakh" and "crore"
year optional This parameter allows for inflation. Historic rupee values will be inflated to current values then converted.
to optional This parameter allows for conversion to various different currencies (and some combinations). Currently, the US (default), Canadian, Australian and New Zealand dollars, the euro, the pound sterling, Pakistani rupee and the Bangladeshi taka are supported.
mode optional This parameter controls the output mode. Setting it to blank or omitting it results in the default mode. Setting it to historical allows conversion using historical exchange rates. The year parameter must be between 1970 and 2018 in historical mode.

Examples

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INRConvert syntax Results
{{INRConvert|1}} 1 (1.2¢ US)
{{INRConvert|500}} 500 (US$6.00)
{{INRConvert|0.05|lk=on}} 5 paise (0.060¢ US)
{{INRConvert|0.01}} 1 paisa (0.012¢ US)
{{INRConvert|0.86}} 86 paise (1.0¢ US)
{{INRConvert|30|m}} 30 million (US$360,000)
{{INRConvert|0.72|m}} 0.72 million (US$8,600)
{{INRConvert|36|b}} 36 billion (US$430 million)
{{INRConvert|36|b|-2}} 36 billion (US$400 million)
{{INRConvert|80|b|lk=b}} 80 billion (US$960 million)
{{INRConvert|32|t|lk=r}} 32 trillion (US$380 billion)
{{INRConvert|40000|c|lk=on}} 40,000 crore (US$4.8 billion)
{{INRConvert|40000|c|0}} 40,000 crore (US$5 billion)
{{INRConvert|19|k}} 19,000 (US$230)
{{INRConvert|53|m|0}} 53 million (US$635,040)
{{INRConvert|123|k|year=1990}} 123,000 (equivalent to 1.2 million or US$14,000 in 2023)
{{INRConvert|319|to=GBP}} 319 (£3.30)
{{INRConvert|753|m|year=2000|to=USD EUR}} 753 million (equivalent to 3.1 billion, US$37 million or €38 million in 2023)
{{INRConvert|324|c|year=2000|to=EUR|mode=historical}} 324 crore (€78.08 million)
{{INRConvert|240|c|year=2001}} 240 crore (equivalent to 955 crore or US$110 million in 2023)
{{INRConvert|240|c|0|year=2001}} 240 crore (equivalent to 955 crore or US$114 million in 2023)
{{INRConvert|240|c|lk=on|year=2001}} 240 crore (equivalent to 955 crore or US$110 million in 2023)
{{INRConvert|240|c|0|lk=on|year=2001}} 240 crore (equivalent to 955 crore or US$114 million in 2023)
{{INRConvert|240|c|year=2001|0}} 240 crore (equivalent to 955 crore or US$114 million in 2023)
{{INRConvert|240|year=2001|c}} 240 crore (equivalent to 955 crore or US$110 million in 2023)
{{INRConvert|240|year=2001|c|0}} 240 crore (equivalent to 955 crore or US$114 million in 2023)

Precautions

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Using the |year= causes the calling page's Highest expansion depth to be very high, typically at least 33. The limit is 40. Take particular care using |year= when calling this template from within other templates, as this will further increase the template expansion depth of Wikipedia pages that call templates that call this one.

Updating

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It is important to keep the figures used in these conversions up to date. Data for current exchange rates is kept at {{INRConvert/CurrentRate}}. Data for historical exchange rates are kept at {{INRConvert/HistoricalRate}}. Data for the inflation rate is at {{Inflation/IN/dataset}} (see Template:Inflation#Developer documentation for details). Feel free to update these if you are able to.

See also

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Summary

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Template calculates a value of Indian Rupees, which you can enter, to another currency and then presents the results.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Rupee value1

The value, in Indian Rupees, that needs to be converted. The template will not accept pre-formatted values (i.e. 1,234).

Example
500000000
Numberrequired
Currency formatting2

Use this to represent larger numbers such as crores, billions et al.

Suggested values
b c k l lc m t
Example
c, lc, b, m, k
Stringsuggested
Linkinglk

Gives the option to whether link currency (Rupees, Paise) and/or number names (crores, lakhs)

Suggested values
on off l c lc b t
Example
on, off, l, c, lc, b, t (Default: off)
Stringsuggested
Yearyear

This parameter allows for inflation. Historic rupee values will be inflated to current values then converted.

Example
2015
Numbersuggested
Toto

This parameter allows for conversion to various different currencies (and some combinations). The US (default), Canadian, NZ and Australian dollars, the euro, the UK pound and the Bangladeshi taka are supported.

Default
USD
Example
USD, EUR
Stringoptional
Rounding digits3

Used to round significant digits. Negative values (-2, -3) can be used to round values to the nearest hundred or thousand, etc. A value of "0" will drop paise or cent values from the converted number. By default the conversion will be rounded to two significant figures.

Default
2
Example
0
Numberoptional
Modemode

This parameter allows for the control of the output mode. Currently, blank (default) and historical are supported. In historical mode, conversions are performed using a historical exchange rate, for the year supplied. Years between 1970 and 2018 are supported, for XDR, USD (default), GBP, JPY, DEM (until 1998) and EUR (from 1999).

Default
(blank)
Example
historical
Stringoptional