varname
varname — The name of a variable.
Synopsis
varname ::= ![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
- Zero or more of:
- text
replaceable- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
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Attributes
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.
Parents ![[+]](figs/web/nav/right.gif)
This element occurs in 53 elements.
Children
This element contains 29 elements.
See Also
command, computeroutput, constant, literal, markup, option, optional, parameter, prompt, replaceable, tag, userinput
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example varname</title> <para>In Perl, <varname>@ARGV</varname> contains the command line parameters used when the script was run. </para> </article>
In Perl, @ARGV contains the command line parameters
used when the script was run.