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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/templates.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/topics/templates.txt b/docs/topics/templates.txt index 492d23d716..c3fdd2cf0e 100644 --- a/docs/topics/templates.txt +++ b/docs/topics/templates.txt @@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ Variables Variables look like this: ``{{ variable }}``. When the template engine encounters a variable, it evaluates that variable and replaces it with the -result. +result. Variable names consist of any combination of alphanumeric characters +and the underscore (``"_"``). The dot (``"."``) also appears in variable +sections, although that has a special meaning, as indicated below. +Importantly, *you cannot have spaces or punctuation characters in variable +names.* Use a dot (``.``) to access attributes of a variable. |