Variables and Attributes

[RivkaS]

The HTML tutorial talks about Variables and Attributes but does not give an explanation or definition of what is what, what does what - where can I find it or can somebody explain it? :)Thank youR.

[aspnetguy]

HTML does not have variables as it is a markup language not a programming language.HTML has tags and attributes. A tag for example is <a> which makes a link. An attribute of the tag <a> is href (<a href="url to page">Text</a>).an attribute is a setting of the tag which defines how the tag should act. The href attribute tells the link where to go when clicked.

[Skemcin]

HTML doesn't really have variables, it only has attributes.They are similar in nature in that they both can be looked at like a question and answer.In HTML you might code this:<font size="6">text</font>where the question is what size should the browser assign this this text - the answer being 6. For HTML size is an attribute and 6 is its assigned value.Attributes are static in that you can not make up and attribute like<font shade="dark">text</font>will not work.A variable takes on the same premise - a question and an answer, but you get to make everything up. These are used by server side scripting languages like asp, php, and coldfusion.In coldfusion you might code this:<cfset pagetitle="Variables vs. Attributes 101">where you are basically say, I want this question "what is the page title" available anywhere on the page so that when I choose to output it, I get the answer (or its assigned value) "Variables vs. Attributes 101".<cfoutput>#pagetitle#</cfoutput>And that would produce that text.So both variables and attributes take on the task of asking a question as well as answering one. The attribute is restricted by what it associated with where the variable can pretty much be whatever it wants.Does that help?

[RivkaS]

...For HTML size is an attribute and 6 is its assigned value.Attributes are static in that you can not make up ....Does that help?

Yes, this is it. Looking through my printouts, I think I mixed the expressions and was thinking of Attributes and Values. Thanks a lot, now I can go on.R.