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Improved the example of Setting an Environment Var #2488

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Improved the example of Setting an Environment Var
espipj Jan 2, 2021
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Added raw markup in order to display properly ${{ env.name }}
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Improved example based on the usage definition
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16 changes: 12 additions & 4 deletions content/actions/reference/workflow-commands-for-github-actions.md
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Expand Up @@ -268,11 +268,19 @@ Creates or updates an environment variable for any actions running next in a job

#### Example

```bash
echo "action_state=yellow" >> $GITHUB_ENV
{% raw %}
```

Running `$action_state` in a future step will now return `yellow`
steps:
- name: Set the value
id: step_one
run: |
echo "action_state=yellow" >> $GITHUB_ENV
- name: Use the value
id: step_two
run: |
echo "${{ env.action_state }}" # This will output 'yellow'
```
{% endraw %}

#### Multiline strings

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