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varname

Name

varname — The name of a variable

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

varname ::=
(#PCDATA|replaceable|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|indexterm|
 beginpage)*

Attributes

Common attributes

Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain varname:

Parameter Entities
%cptr.char.mix; %ndxterm.char.mix; %para.char.mix;
%refinline.char.mix; %refname.char.mix; %tbl.entry.mdl;
%tech.char.class; %title.char.mix;  

Description

A VarName identifies a variable name in a programming or expression language. Variables most often get their values from Literals, Replaceable values, Constants, or Symbols.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Children

The following elements occur in varname: beginpage, indexterm, inlinegraphic, inlinemediaobject, replaceable.

See Also

command, computeroutput, constant, literal, markup, option, optional, parameter, prompt, replaceable, sgmltag, userinput.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<para>
In Perl, <varname>@ARGV</varname> contains the command line parameters
used when the script was run.
</para>

In Perl, @ARGV contains the command line parameters used when the script was run.

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