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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions docs.joern.io/content/quickstart.md
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Expand Up @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ those nodes that have the string `stderr` as the value of their `CODE`
property. We find exactly one:

```java
joern> cpg.call.argument.code("stderr").toList
joern> cpg.call.argument.code(".*stderr.*").toList
res3: List[Expression] = List(
Identifier(
id -> 1000118L,
Expand All @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ res3: List[Expression] = List(
This query shows that `stderr` is used somewhere in the program, but doesn't give us any more information. Using the query from the previous step, we can use the `astParent` construct to find out more about the surroundings of the `stderr` usage by moving up the hierarchy of the abstract syntax tree that is part of the Code Property Graph. Moving up one level in the AST hierarchy gives us an `fprintf` call:

```java
joern> cpg.call.argument.code("stderr").astParent.toList
joern> cpg.call.argument.code(".*stderr.*").astParent.toList
res4: List[AstNode] = List(
Call(
id -> 1000117L,
Expand All @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ With this query we have proven the first part of our problem statement correct,
As before, we can use the `astParent` to move up the AST. Moving up another level in the AST hierarchy gives us a block; not very helpful:

```java
joern> cpg.call.argument.code("stderr").astParent.astParent.toList
joern> cpg.call.argument.code(".*stderr.*").astParent.astParent.toList
res5: List[AstNode] = List(
Block(
id -> 1000116L,
Expand All @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ res5: List[AstNode] = List(
Another layer up gives us an if statement, much better:

```java
joern> cpg.call.argument.code("stderr").astParent.astParent.astParent.toList
joern> cpg.call.argument.code(".*stderr.*").astParent.astParent.astParent.toList
res6: List[AstNode] = List(
ControlStructure(
id -> 1000104L,
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