squote

Single-quote strings

Array[String] squote(Array[P])

Adds single-quotes (') around each element of the input array of primitive values. Equivalent to evaluating "'~{array[i]}'" for each i in range(length(array)).

Parameters

  1. Array[P]: Array with a primitive element type.

Returns: An Array[String] the single-quoted elements of the input array.

Example: test_squote.wdl

version 1.2

workflow test_squote {
  Array[String] env1 = ["key1=value1", "key2=value2", "key3=value3"]
  Array[Int] env2 = [1, 2, 3]
  
  output {
    Array[String] env1_quoted =  squote(env1)
    Array[String] env2_quoted = squote(env2)
  }
}

Example input:

{}

Example output:

{
  "test_squote.env1_quoted": ["'key1=value1'", "'key2=value2'", "'key3=value3'"],
  "test_squote.env2_quoted": ["'1'", "'2'", "'3'"]
}