Topic:

<VAR> ... </VAR> Variable text style

Definition:

This tag is used to highlight placeholder variable names, which indicates to users that they will be supplying this information.

Attributes:

None.

Context:

<VAR> ... </VAR> is legal within:
<A> <ADDRESS> <B> <CITE> <CODE> <DD> <DT> <EM> <H*> <I> <KBD> <LI> <P> <PRE> <SAMP> <STRONG> <TT> <VAR>

The following markup can be used within <VAR> ... </VAR>

<A> <B> <BR> <CODE> <EM> <I> <IMG> <KBD> <SAMP> <STRONG> <TT> <VAR>

Suggested style/usage:

Use to indicate a placeholder for a value that the user will supply when entering text at the keyboard (see example).

Example:

print <VAR>filename</VAR>