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| page_title: indent - Functions - Configuration Language |
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| The indent function adds a number of spaces to the beginnings of all but the |
| first line of a given multi-line string. |
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| # `indent` Function |
| |
| `indent` adds a given number of spaces to the beginnings of all but the first |
| line in a given multi-line string. |
| |
| ```hcl |
| indent(num_spaces, string) |
| ``` |
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| ## Examples |
| |
| This function is useful for inserting a multi-line string into an |
| already-indented context in another string: |
| |
| ``` |
| > " items: ${indent(2, "[\n foo,\n bar,\n]\n")}" |
| items: [ |
| foo, |
| bar, |
| ] |
| ``` |
| |
| The first line of the string is not indented so that, as above, it can be |
| placed after an introduction sequence that has already begun the line. |
