Encountered error(s) while parsing pipeline YAML: /azure-pipelines.yml: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Question

variables:
   ${{ if eq(environment, 'dev') }}:
     - group: 'newgroupa'
${{ else }}:
     - group: 'newgroupb'

The above lines in yml gives me object not set to reference error.

I even tried by adding -
example

  variables:
      - ${{ if eq(environment, 'dev') }}:
         - group: 'newgroupa'
      - ${{ else }}:
         - group: 'newgroupb'

and that gave me another error Unexpected value 'group'. Can someone help me with this?

i think it should be like in your first example, just with fixed indents — 4c74356b41, Mar 03 '23 at 13:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 03 '23 at 13:45

example from a random blog post:

variables:
  - name: teamName
    ${{ if eq( parameters['environment'], 'developer') }}:
      value: "alpha"
    ${{ if eq( parameters['environment'], 'preproduction' ) }}:
      value: "beta"
    ${{ if notIn( parameters['environment'], 'developer', 'preproduction') }}:
      value: "charlie"

or from this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/57532526/6067741

  ${{ if eq( variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], 'master' ) }}: 
    buildVersion: ${{ variables['mavenVersion'] }}
  ${{ if ne( variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], 'master' ) }}: 
    buildVersion: ${{ variables['Build.SourceBranchName'] }}

Encountered error(s) while parsing pipeline YAML: /azure-pipelines.yml: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

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