# apiValueDef

The <apiValueDef> element represents the definition of the value.

#### Description

The <apiValueDef> element describes a constant, variable, enumeration, structure, or other named value.

#### Contained by

apiValueDetail

#### Contains

apiArray, apiData, apiDefNote, apiItemName, apiname, apiQualifier, apiRelation, apiType, apiValueClassifier, apiValueMember, b, cmdname, codeph, filepath, i, keyword, menucascade, msgnum, msgph, option, parmname, ph, state, sub, sup, synph, systemoutput, tt, u, uicontrol, userinput, varname, wintitle

#### Content model

(apiValueClassifier or apiQualifier or apiRelation or apiType or apiArray or apiData or apiDefNote or state or keyword or option or parmname or apiname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or ph or codeph or synph or filepath or msgph or userinput or systemoutput or b or u or i or tt or sup or sub or uicontrol or menucascade or apiValueMember or apiItemName) (any number)

#### Inheritance

topic/section reference/section apiRef/apiDef

- apiValueMember
  The <apiValueMember> element provides the detailed information about the access to the value.
- apiValueClassifier
  The <apiValueClassifier> element specifies that the value is an instance of a classifier.
- apiDef
  The <apiDef> element provides the most general representation of the declared syntax.

Parent topic: apiValueDetail