# Variables

It is often desirable to translate string with a variable value inside, like:

```html
<p>Today is July 8th.</p>
```

or

```html
<p>Deleting 80 of 200</p>
```

Obviously, you can not mark the whole HTML element (\<p>) with `__` class because it will generate infinite amount of source strings (for every date or every number used).

## Use variables

Mark variable value of the string with `__var` class:

```html
<p>
    Deleting <span class="__var">80</span> of
    <span class="__var">200</span>
</p>
```

This will exclude variable values from the source string. They will be replaced by `{{VAR#}}` value in a source string:

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