var : variable

The var tag is used to mark a piece of text as a variable (or, more general, as an identifier). It will be typeset differently from the surrounding text. Exactly how this is done depends on the output format.

Example:

 The <var>Items</var> property gives indexed access to...
Will be typeset as

The Items property gives indexed access to...

See also: b (98), u (151), i (117), code (102)