Azure devops pipeline removing " from parameter value in bash step - bash

Question

I am passing in a parameter to the pipeline as shown below -
parameters:
- name: ListofValues
displayName: values for test
type: object
default:
- test:
name: "test"
desired: '"abc","xyz"'
When I am passing these values in bash step it is coming as
"abc,xyz" and I am expecting it to be "abc","xyz" is there a way I can fix this ?
values may look similar, kindly look for " after end of value 1.

Answer 1

You can use ${{ convertToJson() }} to keep the double quota.
My sample yaml(please notice the structure of test):
parameters:
- name: ListofValues
displayName: values for test
type: object
default:
test:
name: "test"
desired: '"abc","xyz"'
trigger: none
pool:
vmImage: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- script: |
echo "${{ convertToJson(parameters.listOfValues.test.desired) }}"
Output value is bash task:
Or you can add \ before quota for the value:
My sample yaml:
parameters:
- name: ListofValues
displayName: values for test
type: object
default:
test:
name: "test"
desired: '\"abc\",\"xyz\"'
trigger: none
pool:
vmImage: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- script: |
echo ${{ parameters.ListofValues.test.desired }}

Answer 2

var="abc,xyz"
IFS="," read -a array <<< $var
var=""
for word in "${array[#]}"; do
var="$var\"$word\","
done
var="${var%,}"
echo "${var}"
# outputs:
# "abc","xyz"
Read the elements of var delimited by , into an array named array.
Then loop over the elements in the array and concatenate them into var while adding the required ".
At the end remove the extra trailing ,.
This solution works with any number of elements.