Specifications

See Indexed variables on page 296.

Basic syntax

Variable name

In its simplest form, a variable is specified as follows:

[Group.Variable]

The variable name is surrounded by square brackets. Whitespace is not allowed in the variable

specification.

Variable names contain two segments separated with a period. The first segment is the group

name; the second segment is the variable name within the group.

Arguments

Some variables can contain arguments that help determine the variable’s dynamic value.

Arguments are specified as follows:

[Group.Variable:ArgumentName1="Value",ArgumentName2="Value"]

In this example, two arguments are defined with names “ArgumentName1” and

“ArgumentName2”. If a variable has arguments, the variable name is followed by a colon which

is followed by the arguments. For each argument, the argument name is followed by an equal

sign and the value of that argument between single or double quotes. The value can contain

single quotes if it is double-quoted, or double quotes if it is single-quoted. A comma separates

the arguments if there is more than one. A variable specification must not contain any whitespace

except when required in a quoted argument value.

Note:

It is not possible to include one variable inside another, so an argument for a variable can NOT

be a variable. If you want to use the result of one variable as an argument of another, you

should use scripting.