From 771684058e8720000bf6ade5e17cfc5d015995a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Bardin Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 14:18:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] types documentation --- website/docs/language/expressions/types.mdx | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/docs/language/expressions/types.mdx b/website/docs/language/expressions/types.mdx index d48a58cf97..244f345e83 100644 --- a/website/docs/language/expressions/types.mdx +++ b/website/docs/language/expressions/types.mdx @@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ The Terraform language uses the following types for its values: numbers like `15` and fractional values like `6.283185`. * `bool`: a boolean value, either `true` or `false`. `bool` values can be used in conditional logic. -* `list`: a sequence of values, like `["us-west-1a", "us-west-1c"]`. Identify elements in a list with consecutive whole numbers, starting with zero. +* `list` (or `tuple`): a sequence of values, like `["us-west-1a", "us-west-1c"]`. Identify elements in a list with consecutive whole numbers, starting with zero. * `set`: a collection of unique values that do not have any secondary identifiers or ordering. -* `map`: a group of values identified by named labels, like +* `map` (or `object`): a group of values identified by named labels, like `{name = "Mabel", age = 52}`. -Strings, numbers, and bools are sometimes called _primitive types._ Lists and sets are forms -of tuples. Maps are a form of objects. Tuples and objects are sometimes called _complex types,_ -_structural types,_ or _collection types._ See +Strings, numbers, and bools are sometimes called _primitive types._ +Lists/tuples and maps/objects are sometimes called _complex types,_ _structural +types,_ or _collection types._ See [Type Constraints](/terraform/language/expressions/type-constraints) for a more detailed description of complex types.