Updated with links to Bedrock Docs

Author: thedhruvn

README.md

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 ## Variables
 
-Custom server variables are passed in just like the allowlist or as a full JSON string.
+Custom server variables are supported by Bedrock. Details and usage instructions can be found on the official bedrock documentation, located here:
 
-Server variables are parsed into their most likely type (number-like turn into numbers, all other inputs are treated as string) using jq's `fromjson` command. In the example below, `var1` is a string, `var2` is a number, and `var3` is a string. 
+- [Variables & Secrets - Minecraft Creator Docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/documents/scriptingservers?view=minecraft-bedrock-stable#variables-and-secrets)
+- [Variables & Secrets - minecraft/server-admin example](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/scriptapi/minecraft/server-admin/serversecrets?view=minecraft-bedrock-experimental#getplayerprofilets-1)
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+Custom server variables are passed in as comma-separated simple key-value pairs or as a full JSON string.
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+Server variables are parsed into their most likely type (number-like turn into numbers, all other inputs are treated as string) using [jq's `fromjson` command](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/manual/#convert-to-from-json). In the example below, `var1` is a string, `var2` is a number, and `var3` is a string. 
 
 For greater control on types, users can provide a full string JSON representation that is used as-is.
 
-All variables are written to the config/default/variables.json. There is no support for Module-specific variable handling at this time.
+All variables are written to the variables file located at `config/default/variables.json`. There is no support for Module-specific variable handling at this time.
 
 ```shell
 # passing in simple expressions
--e VARIABLES="var1:customStringValue,var2:1234,var3:true"
+-e VARIABLES="var1=customStringValue,var2=1234,var3=true"
 
 # pass in a full json object:
 -e VARIABLES='{"mobSpawnRate":22,"enableCheats":true,"worldArray":["My World", "Abc", 123]}'