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TF CMD Cheatsheet
Quick reference for commonly used TF string functions. Learn how to manipulate strings efficiently in your Terraform configurations with this handy cheatsheet.
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📝 TF CMD Cheatsheet: String Functions
| func | output | usage |
|---|---|---|
startswith("hello world", "hello") |
true | |
endswith("hello world", "world") |
true | |
upper("hello") |
HELLO | |
lower("HELLO") |
hello | |
strrev("hello") |
olleh | |
substr("hello world", 1, 4) |
ello | |
title("hello world") |
Hello World | |
trim("?!hello?!", "!?") |
hello | Removes the specified set of characters from the start and end of the given string. |
trimsuffix("helloworld", "world") |
hello | removes the specified suffix from the end of the given string. |
trimprefix("helloworld", "hello") |
world | removes the specified prefix from the start of the given string. |
trimspace(" hello\n\n") |
hello | removes any space characters from the start and end of the given string. |
indent(2, "[\n foo,\n bar,\n]\n") |
"[\n foo,\n bar,\n ]\n" | adds a given number of spaces to the beginnings of all but the first line in a given multi-line string. |
join("-", ["foo", "bar", "baz"]) |
"foo-bar-baz" | produces a string by concatenating all of the elements of the specified list of strings with the specified separator. |
replace("1 + 2 + 3", "+", "-") |
1 - 2 - 3 | searches a given string for another given substring, and replaces each occurrence with a given replacement string. |
split(",", "foo,bar,baz") |
["foo","bar","baz",] | produces a list by dividing a given string at all occurrences of a given separator. |
