###### 3.2.6.2.18 synblk

The syntax block (<synblk>) element organizes small pieces of a syntax definition into a larger piece. This element is part of the DITA programming domain, a special set of DITA elements designed to document programming tasks, concepts, and reference information.

###### Contains

Doctype | Content model
topic (technical content), map (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task, bookmap | ( (title) (optional) then (fragment or fragref or groupchoice or groupcomp or groupseq or synnote or synnoteref) (any number) )

###### Contained by

Doctype | Content model
topic (technical content), map (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task (strict), task (general), bookmap | syntaxdiagram

###### Inheritance

+ topic/figgroup pr-d/synblk

###### Example

    <synblk>
    <groupseq><kwd>this</kwd><sep>-</sep><kwd>is</kwd><sep>-</sep><kwd>a</kwd>
    <sep>-</sep><var>test</var></groupseq>
    </synblk>

###### Attributes

Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required?
univ-atts attribute group (includes select-atts, id-atts, and localization-atts groups) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.3 univ-atts attribute group |  |  |
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group |  |  |
class, outputclass | Common attributes described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes |  |  |

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Parent Topic: 3.2.6.2 Programming elements

Sibling Topics:

3.2.6.2.1 apiname

3.2.6.2.2 codeblock

3.2.6.2.3 coderef

3.2.6.2.4 codeph

3.2.6.2.5 option

3.2.6.2.6 parmname

3.2.6.2.7 parml

3.2.6.2.8 plentry

3.2.6.2.9 pt

3.2.6.2.10 pd

3.2.6.2.11 synph

3.2.6.2.12 syntaxdiagram

3.2.6.2.13 groupseq

3.2.6.2.14 groupchoice

3.2.6.2.15 groupcomp

3.2.6.2.16 fragment

3.2.6.2.17 fragref

3.2.6.2.19 synnote

3.2.6.2.20 synnoteref

3.2.6.2.21 kwd

3.2.6.2.22 var

3.2.6.2.23 oper

3.2.6.2.24 delim

3.2.6.2.25 sep

3.2.6.2.26 repsep