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TERRAFORM-ASSOCIATE-003 · Question #84

Which Terraform collection type should you use to store key/value pairs?

The correct answer is B. Map. The Terraform collection type that should be used to store key/value pairs is map. A map is a collection of values that are accessed by arbitrary labels, called keys. The keys and values can be of any type, but the keys must be unique within a map. For example, var = { key1 =…

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Question

Which Terraform collection type should you use to store key/value pairs?

Options

  • ASet
  • BMap
  • CTuple
  • Dlist

How the community answered

(61 responses)
  • A
    7% (4)
  • B
    75% (46)
  • C
    3% (2)
  • D
    15% (9)

Explanation

The Terraform collection type that should be used to store key/value pairs is map. A map is a collection of values that are accessed by arbitrary labels, called keys. The keys and values can be of any type, but the keys must be unique within a map. For example, var = { key1 = "value1", key2 = "value2" } is a map with two key/value pairs. Maps are useful for grouping related values together, such as configuration options or metadata.

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#map type#collection types#HCL data types#key/value pairs

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