textvariable
nounUK /ˈtekstˌveəriəbl/
US /ˈtekstˌveriəbl/
A text variable is a named box in a computer program that holds words or letters which can change.
The program stores the user's name in a text variable called userName.
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2. In programming, a variable specifically declared to hold a sequence of characters rather than numbers.
She assigned the greeting to a textvariable before printing it.
3. A placeholder in a document template that gets replaced with words when the document is generated.
The letter template used a textvariable for the customer's address.
4. In some scripting tools, a named slot that stores text input from a user form.
The form saved each answer into its own textvariable.