Workflow fails with dash ("-") in the conditional when statement

[tcherokee]

Hi guys,

I have been having some issues getting my workflow, being triggered by argo-events, to run when my worflow.parameters has a "-" in it. Here is the original code in question

- name: build-image-push
  dependencies: [clone-repo]
  when: "{{workflow.parameters.repo_name}} == games-api-example"
  templateRef:
    name: clone-build-push
    template: build-image-from-repo
    clusterScope: true

I came across this issue #3611 and updated my code to this

- name: build-image-push
  dependencies: [clone-repo]
  when: "{{workflow.parameters.repo_name}} == \"games-api-example\""
  templateRef:
    name: clone-build-push
    template: build-image-from-repo
    clusterScope: true

but it also does not seem to work either.

when I check the workflow logs, I find this error.

Failed to evaluate 'when' expresion 'games-api-example == "games-api-example"': Value 'games' cannot be used with the modifier '-', it is not a number

I am not exactly sure what I am doing wrong. I hope someone can give me some guidance

[tcherokee]

I'm wondering if anyone can help with this. I am still having issues.

I have tried various ways of escaping the dashes/hypens with no success. Some of what I've tried include

when: "{{workflow.parameters.repo_name}} == games\\-api\\-example"
when: "{{workflow.parameters.repo_name}} == [games-api-example]"
when: "{{workflow.parameters.repo_name}} == [\"games-api-example\"]"
when: "{{workflow.parameters.repo_name}} == \"games-api-example\""
when: "{{workflow.parameters.repo_name}} == ['games-api-example']"

nothing seems to work. I am not sure what I am missing?

[agilgur5]

Have you tried embedding an expr expression as suggested at the bottom of the Conditionals page?

i.e. when: "{{=workflow.parameters.repo_name == 'games-api-example'}}"

Note that govaluate is on the way out per #7831, but has been deferred for a bit as it would be a breaking change

[bumper-jorge-pino]

This is failing when the value of the workflow parameter has a dash (-). What would the syntax be for this case?

[agilgur5]

The same doc linked above goes over that case:

when: "{{=workflow.parameters['repo-name'] == 'games-api-example'}}"