github.com/hugorut/terraform@v1.1.3/website/docs/language/functions/indent.mdx (about) 1 --- 2 page_title: indent - Functions - Configuration Language 3 description: |- 4 The indent function adds a number of spaces to the beginnings of all but the 5 first line of a given multi-line string. 6 --- 7 8 # `indent` Function 9 10 `indent` adds a given number of spaces to the beginnings of all but the first 11 line in a given multi-line string. 12 13 ```hcl 14 indent(num_spaces, string) 15 ``` 16 17 ## Examples 18 19 This function is useful for inserting a multi-line string into an 20 already-indented context in another string: 21 22 ``` 23 > " items: ${indent(2, "[\n foo,\n bar,\n]\n")}" 24 items: [ 25 foo, 26 bar, 27 ] 28 ``` 29 30 The first line of the string is not indented so that, as above, it can be 31 placed after an introduction sequence that has already begun the line.