You can define global variables that you can subsequently use in the definitions of node rules, paragraph rules, and character rules.
Variables are defined with:
VARIABLE @string
The WebMaker keyword VARIABLE
defines a variable. The VARIABLE
keyword must be followed by a character string that identifies the variable. This identifier must start with the @
character, and must be followed by an alphanumeric character. The rest of the identifier may be made up of any combination of alphanumeric and the -
and _
characters.
VARIABLE @initialsdate ... Node FirstPage { ... HEADER { @initialsdate=concatenate("MR - ", date()); write(*,address(@initialsdate)); ...