varname

varname — The name of a variable

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

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

Attributes

Common 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

These elements contain varname: action, application, attribution, bibliomisc, bridgehead, citation, citetitle, classsynopsisinfo, code, command, computeroutput, database, emphasis, entry, fieldsynopsis, filename, firstterm, foreignphrase, funcparams, funcsynopsisinfo, function, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm, hardware, interfacename, keycap, lineannotation, link, literal, literallayout, lotentry, member, msgaud, olink, option, optional, para, parameter, phrase, primary, primaryie, productname, programlisting, property, quote, refdescriptor, refentrytitle, refname, refpurpose, remark, screen, screeninfo, secondary, secondaryie, see, seealso, seealsoie, seeie, seg, segtitle, simpara, subtitle, synopsis, systemitem, td, term, termdef, tertiary, tertiaryie, th, title, titleabbrev, tocback, tocentry, tocfront, trademark, ulink, userinput.

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.

For additional examples, see also literal.