TWiki Variables Quickstart

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 <-- -->
%WEB%	The current web, is TWiki.	VarWEB
%TOPIC%	The current topic name, is TWikiVariablesQuickStart. <-- using BASETOPIC instead of TOPIC for the example because this document is normally included in TextFormattingRules -->	VarTOPIC
%TOC%	Automatically generates a table of contents based on headings in a topic - see the top of this page for an example.	VarTOC
%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
%INCLUDE{"SomeTopic"}%	Server side include, includes another topic. The current web is the default web. Example: %INCLUDE{"TWiki.SiteMap"}%	VarINCLUDE
%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

TWikiPreferences defines some site-wide variables. Among them are:

• Line break: Write %BR% to start a new line.
• Colored text: Write: %RED% Red %ENDCOLOR% and %BLUE% blue %ENDCOLOR% colors to get: Red and blue colors.

There are many more variables. To see them all, go to TWikiVariables.

Documentation Graphics: There are many graphics available to use in your topics. Use %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%.