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Steven58
Steven58

Reputation: 13

how to remove double quotes of a variable using trim in terraform

  locals {
   check_list ="test" 
   trimoutput = trim(local.check_list, "")
}

currently, the trim output value is still "test"

Expected output is just test. I need this value inside terraform code itself

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6376

Answers (2)

Martin Atkins
Martin Atkins

Reputation: 74064

I think you are confusing the value of the variable in memory with the syntax Terraform uses to show values in the CLI output.

If your goal is to use the raw value of a root module output value to pass on to some subsequent process then you can use the terraform output command with its -raw option to tell Terraform to output the value literally, rather than rendering it using normal Terraform language syntax (which for strings includes quotes).

terraform output -raw name_of_output_value

Note that there are no quotes in the string itself. The quotes are just the markers Terraform uses to understand that the characters within are intended to be a string.

Upvotes: 1

Pedro Barreto
Pedro Barreto

Reputation: 401

if you want to include a literal quote mark then you must use a backslash key

locals {
   check_list ="test" 
   trimoutput = trim(local.check_list, "\"")

Upvotes: 1

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