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8.3 Variable Modifiers

A variable can be optionally followed (before the ending variable delimiters) by a modifier indicator and one or more modifiers. The default modifier indicator is the ampersand (&).

The following table summarizes the primary use of various letters and characters as variable modifiers. A detailed description of each modifier follows the summary table. Note that, unless otherwise specified, the use of letters is case-insensitive.

'Email Apostrophes
,List Punctuation
1Length Modifier
AAuthor Name Modifier
BBase File Name
CWord Demarcation
FFile Name
GLinked Tags
HHTML
IInitial Case
JLink
KHour of Day
LLowercase Modifier
MMonth or Minutes
NNo Breaks
OMarkdown to HTML
PPunctuation Purification
QQuotation Encasing
RKeep characters on the right
RReadable File Name
SSummarize
UUppercase Modifier
VVariance
WWiki-Style Links
XXML
_Underscore
aAM/PM
yYear
ddDay of Month
EEEDay of Week, Abbreviated
DashRemove Paragraph Tags
EEEEDay of Week

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