Definitive VoiceXML™

3.58. var

Element type	var
Attributes	expr | name
Parents	block | catch | error | filled | form | help | if | noinput | nomatch | vxml
Children	None.
Description	Declares a variable in the scope of its parent element.

DTD

<!ELEMENT var EMPTY >
<!ATTLIST var
  name %field.name; #REQUIRED
  expr %expression; #IMPLIED >

Language model

Attributes

name : field.name

Name of the variable to declare.

expr : expression

An ECMAScript expression of the value.

Children

None.

Examples

Example 3-69. Defining a variable with var

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <vxml version="1.0"> <var name="greeting" expr="'good day'"/> <form> <field name="language"> <grammar>english ...