From 64e29379a6f841aa0f603fd58269f15af9db2ba7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Sergio=20Pe=C3=B1a?= Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 15:50:28 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Apply Jim's suggestions Co-authored-by: Jim Galasyn --- docs/developer-guide/variable-substitution.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/developer-guide/variable-substitution.md b/docs/developer-guide/variable-substitution.md index d849c874055f..43554f71e299 100644 --- a/docs/developer-guide/variable-substitution.md +++ b/docs/developer-guide/variable-substitution.md @@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ ksqlDB doesn't add single-quotes to values during variable substitution. Also, y Escape substitution variables ----------------------------- -If you want to escape a variable reference, so it is not substituted, then use double `$$` characters. +To escape a variable reference, so it isn't substituted, use double dollar-sign characters, `$$`. The following example shows how to escape a variable named `format`. ``` DEFINE format = 'AVRO'; SELECT '$${format}' FROM stream; ``` -The above query will become `SELECT '${format}' FROM stream` +ksqlDB converts the previous query to `SELECT '${format}' FROM stream`. Context for substitution variables ----------------------------------