delim
The delim element defines a character marking the beginning or end of a section within a syntax diagram. Typical delimiter characters are the parenthesis, comma, tab, vertical bar or other special characters. This element is part of the DITA programming domain, a special set of DITA elements designed to document programming tasks, concepts, and reference information.
Content models
See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.
Inheritance
+ topic/ph pr-d/delim
Example 399. Example
<syntaxdiagram>
<title>Adding</title>
<groupseq><kwd>1</kwd><oper>+</oper><var>two</var><delim>=</delim>
<kwd>something</kwd>
</groupseq>
</syntaxdiagram>
Attributes
The following attributes are available on this element:
Universal attribute group (with a narrowed definition of
importance, given below) and
outputclass.
importance
The attribute indicates whether this item in a syntax diagram is optional or required. Output processors might indicate this designation in a generated diagram. Allowable values are:
optional
This section of the syntax is optional.
required
This section of the syntax is required.
-dita-use-conref-target
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