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Parser throws error on [ #1024
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Per ARM rules, you need to "escape" the opening square bracket with a square bracket
[[5.0.6.0]https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/templates/template-expressions#escape-charactersMaybe something we could do is check for this specific case and give a specific error message to escape it.
Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) adding that extra
[didn't fix it.dsc config get -f C:\temp\module.dsc.config.yaml 2025-08-04T18:58:33.316135Z ERROR Parser: Unable to parse statement root: [5.0,6.0) dsc config get -f C:\temp\module.dsc.config.yaml 2025-08-04T18:59:06.891977Z ERROR Parser: Unable to parse statement root: [5.0,6.0]Thomas Nieto (@ThomasNieto) I'll take a look
Thomas Nieto (@ThomasNieto) can you give me a repro using the
Echoresource?
Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) it works using
Echobut not a PS Adapter resource.@SteveL-MSFT it works using
Echobut not a PS Adapter resource.Ok, in that case, I think the problem is that the string gets unescaped and passed to the adapter which then errors because the escape is missing. For now, you might be able to workaround it by double escaping:
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Summary
If the property value contains a
[the parser thinks its the beginning of a function.Steps to reproduce
Expected behavior
Parses string literalActual behavior
ERROR Parser: Unable to parse statement root: [5.0,6.0)Error details
ERROR Parser: Unable to parse statement root: [5.0,6.0)Environment data
Version
3.2-preview3
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