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| author | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2013-09-10 13:07:51 +0200 |
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| committer | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2013-09-10 13:07:51 +0200 |
| commit | 3c1934cf1369a40cb81a03c08b5d3c740740f1fc (patch) | |
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doc: clarify global/local variables
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diff --git a/doc/rainerscript.html b/doc/rainerscript.html index 3eb08eff..aaaced40 100644 --- a/doc/rainerscript.html +++ b/doc/rainerscript.html @@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ local and global variables are also modifieable. represents the root. <p>Local variables names start with "$.", where the dot denotes the root. Similarly, global variables start with "$/". -<p>Both JSON properties as well as local variables may contain an arbitrary +<p>Both JSON properties as well as global/local variables may contain an arbitrary deep path before the final element. The bang character is always used as path -separator, no matter if it is a message property or a local variable. For example +separator, no matter if it is a message property or a global/local variable. For example "$!path1!path2!varname" is a three-level deep message property where as the very similar looking "$.path1!path2!varname" specifies a three-level deep local variable. The similar global variables is named "$/path1!path2!varname". |