Variable Data

Overview

Data tags are used to set variables and output results to the content.

Tags

The Value of a Variable may be Integer, Float, Date, or String, and may be defined from a literal (strings must be within double quotes), another variable (set in the template ), date part ($customDate.month), builtin (builtin.today - without preceding $), or Contact or Custom Data ($email, $customString).

The following tables include all Data related Tags.

Tag	`%%set NAME = DATE%%`
Parameters	NAME: Alphanumeric string with no spaces or special characters DATE: Literal, Variable, Builtin, Custom Data, Contact Data, or Logical Evaluation string
Output	Set the value of the variable to the defined Date
Example	`%%set date1 = 12/31/1975%%%%$date1%%`
Result	12/31/1975
Example	`%%set date2 = 5/20/2011%%%%$date2%%`
Result	5/20/2011
Example	`%%set date3 = $date2%%%%date3%%`
Result	5/20/2011
Example	`%%set date4 = $customDate%%%%$date4%%`
Result	1/15/1999
Example	`%%set date5 = builtin.today%%%%$date5%%`
Result	10/4/2012
Example	`%%set date6 = {{eval dateadd $date2 [11]}}%%%%$date6%%`
Result	5/31/2011

Tag	`%%set NAME = INTEGER%%`
Parameters	NAME: Alphanumeric string with no spaces or special characters INTEGER: Literal, Variable, Date Part, Builtin, Custom Data, Contact Data, or Logical Evaluation string
Output	Set the value of the variable to the defined Integer
Example	`%%set integer1 = 12%%%%$integer1%%`
Result	12
Example	`%%set integer2 = 24%%%%$integer2%%`
Result	24
Example	`%%set integer3 = $integer2%%%%integer3%%`
Result	24
Example	`%%set integer4 = $customNumber%%%%$integer4%%`
Result	36
Example	`%%set integer5 = $zip%%%%$integer5%%`
Result	98012
Example	`%%set integer6 = $date1.day%%%%$integer6%%`
Result	31
Example	`%%set integer7 = builtin.month%%%%$integer7%%`
Result	6
Example	`%%set integer8 = {{eval rand $integer1 $integer3}}%%%%$integer8%%`
Result	random number between 12 and 24
Example	`%%set integer9 = {{if integer3 < 5 then print "0" else print "1"}}%%%%$integer9%%`
Result	1

Tag	`%%set NAME = FLOAT%%`
Parameters	NAME: Alphanumeric string with no spaces or special characters FLOAT: Literal, Variable, Date Part, Builtin, Custom Data, Contact Data, or Logical Evaluation string
Output	Set the value of the variable to the defined Float
Example	`%%set float1 = 12.25%%%%$float1%% %%set float2 = 1.25%%%%$float2%%`
Result	12.25 1.25
Example	`%%set float3 = $float2%%%%$float3%%`
Result	1.25
Example	`%%set float4 = $customFloat%%%%$float4%%`
Result	17.76
Example	`%%set float5 = {{eval add $float1 $float2 [p=2]}}%%%%$float5%%`
Result	13.5
Example	`%%set float6 = {{if float2 < 5 then print "2.33" else print "4.95"}}%%%%$float6%%`
Result	2.33

Tag	`%%set NAME = "STRING"%%`
Parameter	NAME: Alphanumeric string with no spaces or special characters STRING: Literal, Variable, Date Part, Builtin, Custom Data, Contact Data, or Logical Evaluation string
Output	Set the value of the variable to the defined String
Example	`%%set string1 = "Hello"%%%%$string1%% %%set string2 = "World"%%%%$string2%%`
Result	Hello World
Example	`%%set string3 = $string1%%%%$string1%%`
Result	Hello
Example	`%%set string4 = $customString%%%%$string4%%`
Result	World
Example	`%%set string5 = $email%%%%$string5%%`
Result	`myemail@mydomain.com`
Example	`%%set string6 = $date1.monthname%%%%$string6%%`
Result	December
Example	`%%set string7 = builtin.monthname%%%%$string7%%`
Result	October
Example	`%%set string8 = {{base64encode $string1}}%%%%$string8%%`
Result	SGVsbG8=
Example	`%%set string9 = {{if integer1 > integer2 then print "TRUE" else print "FALSE"}}%%%%$string9%%`
Result	FALSE

Tag	`%%PRINT VARIABLE%%`
Parameters	VARIABLE: Name of variable value to display
Output	Output the value of the variable
Example	`%%set var = "Print Me"%%%%PRINT var%%`
Result	Print Me

Tag	`%%DATA VARIABLE%%`
Parameters	VARIABLE: Name of variable value to display
Output	Output the value of the variable
Example	`%%set var = "Print Me"%%%%DATA var%%`
Result	Print Me