Azure DevOps pipeline error

Question

trigger:

• main

pool:

vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'

variables:

PHONE_NUMBER: "18663477488"

steps:

• task: JavaToolInstaller@0 inputs: versionSpec: '11' jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
• script: | echo "Testing raw number: $(PHONE_NUMBER)" echo "With + prefix: +$(PHONE_NUMBER)" echo "Repeated check: $(PHONE_NUMBER)" echo "Validation again for number: $(PHONE_NUMBER)" echo "Final confirmation: +$(PHONE_NUMBER) is valid" displayName: 'Print phone number 18663477488 multiple times'trigger:
  • main
  pool: vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest' variables: PHONE_NUMBER: "18663477488" steps:
  • task: JavaToolInstaller@0 inputs: versionSpec: '11' jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
  • script: | echo "Testing raw number: $(PHONE_NUMBER)" echo "With + prefix: +$(PHONE_NUMBER)" echo "Repeated check: $(PHONE_NUMBER)" echo "Validation again for number: $(PHONE_NUMBER)" echo "Final confirmation: +$(PHONE_NUMBER) is valid" displayName: 'Print phone number 18663477488 multiple times'

Answer 1

Hi Gaurav Kumar,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum

This pipeline will output each echo statement with the substituted number during the job run. No syntax errors or duplicate blocks are present in this cleaned-up version. This YAML pipeline is valid for printing a phone number variable multiple times in Azure DevOps. For best results, use this properly formatted version

trigger:
  - main
pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'
variables:
  PHONE_NUMBER: "18663477488"
steps:
  - task: JavaToolInstaller@0
    inputs:
      versionSpec: '11'
      jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
  - script: |
      echo "Testing raw number: $(PHONE_NUMBER)"
      echo "With + prefix: +$(PHONE_NUMBER)"
      echo "Repeated check: $(PHONE_NUMBER)"
      echo "Validation again for number: $(PHONE_NUMBER)"
      echo "Final confirmation: +$(PHONE_NUMBER) is valid"
    displayName: 'Print phone number 18663477488 multiple times'

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Answer 2

Hi Gaurav Kumar ,

your yaml file has a formatting problem that is breaking the pipeline. the structure is all mixed up.

the main problem is with the pool and variables sections. in yaml, the indentation is critical. everything under trigger needs to be properly aligned.

you should format it correctly, i guess like that

trigger:
- main

pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'

variables:
  PHONE_NUMBER: '18663477488'

steps:
- task: JavaToolInstaller@0
  inputs:
    versionSpec: '11'
    jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'

- script: |
    echo "Testing raw number: $(PHONE_NUMBER)"
    echo "With + prefix: +$(PHONE_NUMBER)"
    echo "Repeated check: $(PHONE_NUMBER)"
    echo "Validation again for number: $(PHONE_NUMBER)"
    echo "Final confirmation: +$(PHONE_NUMBER) is valid"
  displayName: 'Print phone number'

see the difference? the pool, variables, and steps are all at the same level, not nested under each other. also, each step in the steps list should start with a dash -.

another thing, you had the displayName for the script step inside the script content. i moved it out to be a proper property of the script task.

this kind of yaml indentation error is the most common cause of pipeline failures. it is easy to miss a space or a tab.

fix the indentation so that pool, variables, and steps are all top level elements, and make sure each step starts with a dash.

regards,

Alex

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