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<var></var>

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<var> Description:

The <var></var> tag defines the enclosed text as a variable or user supplied.

<var> Web Browser Support:
<var> Attributes:
<var> End Tag:
</var> REQUIRED
<var> Contents:

Text. The following tags are valid within the <var> tag:
a, abbr, acronym, applet, b, basefont, bdo, big, br, button, cite, code, dfn, em, font, i, iframe, img, input, kbd, label, map, object, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, textarea, tt, u, var

<var> Valid Context:

The <var> tag is valid within the following tags:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, b, bdo, big, blockquote, body, button, caption, center, cite, code, dd, del, dfn, div, dt, em, fieldset, font, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, i, iframe, ins, kbd, label, legend, li, noframes, noscript, object, p, pre, q, s, samp, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, td, th, tt, u, var

<var> Usage:
  • variable text
    To copy a file type <code>COPY <var>filename</var></code>
<var> Special Notes:
  • Most browsers usually render this as italics text. If you need your text to be rendered in italics, but it is not a variable use style sheets.
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