unknown token IDENT list error for IP address variable

Question

I have defined variable in my .tfvars variable as

variables.tfvars

address_space = ["10.197.0.0/16"]

build-windows.tf

variable "address_space" {
  type = list
}

In build-windows.tf file I get the error as Unknow token ident list?

Not sure what I am doing wrong here, I even do not understand why terraform wants me to use the list instead of a string. When I use string I get an error in terraform plan stating that I have to use list.

Not going anywhere.

Please assist

Solution

The type parameter is a string - try passing "list" into it.

variable "address_space" {
  type = "list"
}

Comments

[learner]

Super! Worked :)

[Daniel Agans]

well that's def not whats in their docs, but it sure did work

[StockB]

As of v0.12, a variable type may be defined as an (unquoted) keyword: terraform.io/docs/configuration/variables.html