# Mysterious syntax error in \`get\` clause of \`match\` expression
**URL:** https://forum.typedb.com/t/mysterious-syntax-error-in-get-clause-of-match-expression/678
**Category:** TypeQL
**Created:** [9 April 2025 00:34 UTC](https://forum.typedb.com/t/mysterious-syntax-error-in-get-clause-of-match-expression/678 "2025-04-09T00:34:04Z")
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Brown](https://forum.typedb.com/u/Jeff_Brown)
#### Post date: [9 April 2025 00:34 UTC](https://forum.typedb.com/t/mysterious-syntax-error-in-get-clause-of-match-expression/678/1 "2025-04-09T00:34:04Z")
(I believe that answering this question does not require understanding Rust.)
My Rust program is choking on the following query:
```auto
let query = format!(
r#"match
$container isa node, has id $container_id;
$contained isa node, has id "{}";
$rel isa contains (container: $container,
contained: $contained);
get $container_id;"#,
target_id
);
```
(The “{}” above is Rust’s way of letting me substitute `target_id` into the `match` expression.)
When I run it, I get the following error:
```auto
Error: Server(
[TQL0] [TQL03] TypeQL Error: There is a syntax error near 6:16:
match
$container isa node, has id $container_id;
$contained isa node, has id "2";
$rel isa contains (container: $container,
contained: $contained);
--> get $container_id;
^
Caused: Error in usage of TypeQL.
Caused: [TSV7] Query parsing failed.)
```
What’s wrong with that `get` clause? I’ve tried all four combinations involving get, fetch, $ and ?, all with the same result.
My entire program can be found here[1]. The passage above appears in `src/main`. The schema is at `schema.tql`.
Many thanks in advance.
[1] [GitHub - JeffreyBenjaminBrown/skg](https://github.com/JeffreyBenjaminBrown/skg)
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### Author:  [@krishnan](https://forum.typedb.com/u/krishnan)
#### Post date: [9 April 2025 08:59 UTC](https://forum.typedb.com/t/mysterious-syntax-error-in-get-clause-of-match-expression/678/2 "2025-04-09T08:59:08Z")
Hi @Jeff_Brown ,
I see `typedb-driver==3.0.5` in the `Cargo.toml`, so I’m assuming you’re on TypeDB 3.
We’ve removed `get` and replaced it with `select` (as in the SQL operation since we’re projecting it down to a subset of the variables)
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Brown](https://forum.typedb.com/u/Jeff_Brown)
#### Post date: [9 April 2025 15:05 UTC](https://forum.typedb.com/t/mysterious-syntax-error-in-get-clause-of-match-expression/678/3 "2025-04-09T15:05:09Z")
That was it. Thank you!