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TWiki Variables are names that are enclosed in percent signs% that are expanded on the fly. Some variables take arguments, such as %INCLUDE%. For those variables, the arguments are included in curly braces ({ and }).
| Variable | In brief | Full documentation |
|---|---|---|
%TOC% | Automatically generates a table of contents based on headings in a topic - see the top of this page for an example. | VarTOC |
%WEB% | The current web, is TWiki. | VarWEB |
%TOPIC% | The current topic name, is TWikiVariablesQuickStart. | VarTOPIC |
%ATTACHURL% | The attachment URL of the current topic. Example usage: If you attach a file to a topic you can refer to it as %ATTACHURL%/image.gif to show the URL of the file or the image in your text. | VarATTACHURL |
%INCLUDE{"SomeTopic"}% | Server side include, includes another topic. The current web is the default web. Example: %INCLUDE{"TWiki.SiteMap"}% | VarINCLUDE |
%SEARCH{"sushi"}% | Inline search showing the search result embedded in a topic. FormattedSearch gives you control over formatting, useful for creating web-based applications. | VarSEARCH |
- Line break: Write
%BR%to start a new line. - Colored text: Write:
%RED% Red %ENDCOLOR% and %BLUE% blue %ENDCOLOR% colorsto get: Red and blue colors.
%ICON{"help"}%, %ICON{"tip"|%, and %icon{"warning"}% to get: 
, 
, and 
. To see all of the graphics available, see TWikiDocGraphics.
To "escape" a variable, prefix it with an exclamation mark. Write: !%SOMEVARIABLE% to get: %SOMEVARIABLE%.
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