Template:prefixusex/documentation

This template creates usage examples for prefix entries in the format prefix- + word → prefixed word. More complex entries are also possible, e.g.:
 * prefix- + word1 + word2 → prefixed word
 * prefix1- + word1 → prefixed word 1 + -suffix2 → suffixed word 2
 * word1 (qualifier) + word2 → combined word

Parameters
In practice, these are very minor differences, and it is recommended to use / in all circumstances; prefixusex and suffixusex are maintained largely for compatibility.
 * This template takes almost exactly the same parameters as and its shortcut ; see the documentation of that template for more information. There are only slight differences between the two:
 * 1) When prefixusex/prefex is used, the parameter altaff can also be named altpref, for compatibility purposes.
 * 2) When interpolating a prefix before the first component (taken from the altaff parameter or the page name),  checks that the prefix being inserted actually looks like a prefix (i.e. it ends with a hyphen and doesn't begin with a hyphen) before being interpolated. prefixusex does not make this extra check. This may matter in languages where prefixes are not normally followed by a hyphen (e.g. East Asian languages), or are followed by a different character (e.g. Hebrew and Arabic). For Latin-script languages, it usually doesn't matter.