Difference between revisions of "Terraform types"

Revision as of 10:59, 8 September 2021

string: a sequence of Unicode characters representing some text, like "hello".
number: a numeric value. The number type can represent both whole numbers like 15 and fractional values like 6.283185.
bool: a boolean value, either true or false. bool values can be used in conditional logic.
list or tuple: a sequence of values, like ["us-west-1a", "us-west-1c"]. Elements in a list or tuple are identified by consecutive whole numbers, starting with zero.
map or object: a group of values identified by named labels, like {name = "Mabel", age = 52}.

Example:

 type        = list(string)
 default     = []

List example: ["us-west-1a", "us-west-1c"]

Map/Object example:

{
  name = "John"
  age  = 52
}

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 * <code>number</code>: a numeric value. The number type can represent both whole numbers like 15 and fractional values like 6.283185.
 * <code>bool</code>: a boolean value, either true or false. bool values can be used in conditional logic.
-* <code>[[list]]</code> (or tuple): a sequence of values, like ["us-west-1a", "us-west-1c"]. Elements in a list or tuple are identified by consecutive whole numbers, starting with zero.
+* <code>[[list]]</code> or [[tuple]]: a sequence of values, like ["us-west-1a", "us-west-1c"]. Elements in a list or tuple are identified by consecutive whole numbers, starting with zero.
-* <code>[[map]]</code> (or object): a group of values identified by named labels, like {name = "Mabel", age = 52}.
+* <code>[[map]]</code> or <code>object</code>: a group of values identified by named labels, like {name = "Mabel", age = 52}.
 Example:
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 List example: <code> ["us-west-1a", "us-west-1c"]</code>
+Map/Object example:
+<pre>
+{
+  name = "John"
+  age  = 52
+}
+</pre>
 == Related terms ==
 * [[variable]]