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<link href="mailto:cam@mcc.id.au" rel="author" title="Cameron McCormack" />
<link href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-variables-1/#using-variables" rel="help" />
<link href="reference/variable-reference-12-ref.xht" rel="match" />
<style>
:root {
  --a: "hello";
  --b: "there";
}
#a:before {
  content: var(--a) " " var(--b);
}
</style>
</head><body><p>The words "hello there" must appear below:</p>
<p id="a"></p>
</body></html>