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<var>

Variable: Indicates a user-supplied variable in a command.

Syntax

<var>
text
 <\var> 

Or:

%%text%%

The <\var> end tag is required if the long form is used.

The shorthand form uses two %% (percent signs) before and after the text.

Example

These markups:

INPUT <var>filename<\var> 

Or:

INPUT %%filename%%

produce:

INPUT filename

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