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  Overview of available encoding functions
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Hcl2 input variables, local variables and functions (#8588) Mainly redefine or reused what Terraform did. * allow to used `variables`, `variable` and `local` blocks * import the following functions and their docs from Terraform: abs, abspath, basename, base64decode, base64encode, bcrypt, can, ceil, chomp, chunklist, cidrhost, cidrnetmask, cidrsubnet, cidrsubnets, coalesce, coalescelist, compact, concat, contains, convert, csvdecode, dirname, distinct, element, file, fileexists, fileset, flatten, floor, format, formatdate, formatlist, indent, index, join, jsondecode, jsonencode, keys, length, log, lookup, lower, max, md5, merge, min, parseint, pathexpand, pow, range, reverse, rsadecrypt, setintersection, setproduct, setunion, sha1, sha256, sha512, signum, slice, sort, split, strrev, substr, timestamp, timeadd, title, trim, trimprefix, trimspace, trimsuffix, try, upper, urlencode, uuidv4, uuidv5, values, yamldecode, yamlencode, zipmap. 2020-02-06 11:49:21 +01:00			`---`
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			`Overview of available encoding functions`
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