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<?dbhtml filename="varname.html"?>
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date$</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision$</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>varname</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>varname</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>varname</refname>
<refpurpose>&varname.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

&varname.synopsis.gen;
<refsect1 condition='ref.description'><title>Description</title>

<para>
A <sgmltag>VarName</sgmltag> identifies a variable name in a programming or
expression language.  Variables most often get their values from
<sgmltag>Literal</sgmltag>s, <sgmltag>Replaceable</sgmltag> values, <sgmltag>Constant</sgmltag>s,
or <sgmltag>Symbol</sgmltag>s.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.inline;
</para>
</refsect2>


&varname.parents.gen;
&varname.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&varname.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

<informalexample role="example-source">
<programlisting>&varname.example.1.txt;</programlisting>
</informalexample>

<anchor id="ex.os.varname.1" role="HACK-ex.out.start"/>
&varname.example.1.gen;
<anchor id="ex.oe.varname.1" role="HACK-ex.out.end"/>

&varname.example.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
</refentry>

