nullable variable docs

Add `nullable` to the variable documentation.
Remove "module" from the "null means omission" part of the null type
documentation.
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James Bardin 2021-11-01 13:16:19 -04:00
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Finally, there is one special value that has _no_ type:
* `null`: a value that represents _absence_ or _omission._ If you set an
argument of a resource or module to `null`, Terraform behaves as though you
argument of a resource to `null`, Terraform behaves as though you
had completely omitted it — it will use the argument's default value if it has
one, or raise an error if the argument is mandatory. `null` is most useful in
conditional expressions, so you can dynamically omit an argument if a

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- [`description`][inpage-description] - This specifies the input variable's documentation.
- [`validation`][inpage-validation] - A block to define validation rules, usually in addition to type constraints.
- [`sensitive`][inpage-sensitive] - Limits Terraform UI output when the variable is used in configuration.
- [`nullable`][inpage-nullable] - Specify if the variable can be `null` within the module.
### Default values
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random_pet.animal: Creation complete after 0s [id=jae-known-mongoose]
```
### Disallowing null Module Input Values
[inpage-nullable]: #disallowing-null-input-values
-> This feature was introduced in Terraform v1.1.0.
The default value for `nullable` is `true`. When `nullable` is `true`, `null`
is a valid value for the variable, and the module configuration must always
account for the possibility of the variable value being `null`. Passing a
`null` value as a module input argument will override any `default` value.
Setting `nullable` to `false` ensures that the variable value will never be
`null` within the module. If `nullable` is `false` and the variable has a
`default` value, then the default will be used when a `null` value is given as
a module input argument.
## Using Input Variable Values
Within the module that declared a variable, its value can be accessed from