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-From this example, you can see that there's many ways to pull out the varaibles you want. For example, to determine if a nested variable exists or not, you can use ``auto`` to capture the value of a ``table[key]`` lookup, and then use the ``.valid()`` method:
+From this example, you can see that there's many ways to pull out the variables you want. For example, to determine if a nested variable exists or not, you can use ``auto`` to capture the value of a ``table[key]`` lookup, and then use the ``.valid()`` method:
 
 
 .. literalinclude:: ../../../examples/source/tutorials/variables_demo.cpp