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Note that hyphens are replaced as well as spaces in seeding of INPUT_* environment variables in action.yaml reference #45208

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Expand Up @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ inputs:
required: true
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When you specify an input, {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} creates an environment variable for the input with the name `INPUT_<VARIABLE_NAME>`. The environment variable created converts input names to uppercase letters and replaces spaces with `_` characters.
When you specify an input, {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} creates an environment variable for the input with the name `INPUT_<VARIABLE_NAME>`. The environment variable created converts input names to uppercase letters and replaces spaces and hyphens with `_` characters.

If the action is written using a [composite](/actions/tutorials/create-actions/create-a-composite-action), then it will not automatically get `INPUT_<VARIABLE_NAME>`. With composite actions you can use the [`inputs` context](/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/contexts#inputs-context) to access action inputs.

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