HTML Syntax

<var
   class = classname
   id = value
   style = css_style_rules
   title = text
>

NOTE: Both start and end tags are required.

The <var> element represents the name of a variable.

This could be an actual variable in a mathematical expression or programming context, an identifier representing a constant, a symbol identifying a physical quantity, a function parameter, or just be a term used as a placeholder in prose.

Browsers normally display <var> elements in a fixed-width italic font, but authors can override this using CSS.

The following shows how the var element may be used.

Shipping fee is based on calculated package size ( <var>l</var> × <var>w</var> × <var>h</var> ), 
   where <var>l</var> represents the length, <var>w</var> the width and 
   <var>h</var> the height of the package.

And when applied a style using CSS:

var { font-weight: bold }

would render on a Web page as

Shipping fee is based on calculated package size ( l × w × h ), where l represents the length, w the width and h the height of the package.

• 4.5.16 The var element

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