Derivation for capacitance of cylindrical capacitor

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I don't understand how they got from the previous step to the next step of the derivation circled in red:
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kuruman said:
They replaced ##E_r## with the expression for the radial electric field for a very long rod in the region outside the rod. See equation 23.8 in the textbook that they quote.
Thank you @kuruman !