Answers: <p>The problem is because you used double quotes. In conditionals, you have to use single quotes. Not</p>
  <pre><code>if: env.foo == &quot;foo&quot;
  </code></pre>
  <p>But,</p>
  <pre><code>if: env.foo == 'foo'
  </code></pre>
  <p>Then you should see this in DEBUG,</p>
  <pre><code>##[debug]Evaluating condition for step: 'Conditional Test'
  ##[debug]Evaluating: (success() &amp;&amp; (env.foo == 'foo'))
  ##[debug]Evaluating And:
  ##[debug]..Evaluating success:
  ##[debug]..=&gt; true
  ##[debug]..Evaluating Equal:
  ##[debug]....Evaluating Index:
  ##[debug]......Evaluating env:
  ##[debug]......=&gt; Object
  ##[debug]......Evaluating String:
  ##[debug]......=&gt; 'foo'
  ##[debug]....=&gt; null
  ##[debug]....Evaluating String:
  ##[debug]....=&gt; 'foo'
  ##[debug]..=&gt; false
  ##[debug]=&gt; false
  ##[debug]Expanded: (true &amp;&amp; (null == 'foo'))
  ##[debug]Result: false
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers: Evan Carroll
Body: <p>When when I execute this job,</p>
  <pre class="lang-yaml prettyprint-override"><code>jobs:
    foo:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      env:
        bar: foo
      steps:
        - name: Conditional Test
          if: env.foo == &quot;foo&quot;
  </code></pre>
  <p>I get this response,</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>The workflow is not valid. .github/workflows/build-plugin.yml (Line: 18, Col: 13): Unexpected symbol: '&quot;foo&quot;'. Located at position 12 within expression: env.foo == &quot;foo&quot;</p>
  </blockquote>
  
Tags: <github-actions>
Title: GitHub Actions returns Unexpected symbol: '"foo"' on my simple conditional statement
UserDisplayName: Evan Carroll
ThreadText: # GitHub Actions returns Unexpected symbol: '"foo"' on my simple conditional statement
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-12-03)
  
  When when I execute this job,
  
  ```yaml
  jobs:
    foo:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      env:
        bar: foo
      steps:
        - name: Conditional Test
          if: env.foo == "foo"
  
  ```
  
  I get this response,
  
  > The workflow is not valid. .github/workflows/build-plugin.yml (Line: 18, Col: 13): Unexpected symbol: '"foo"'. Located at position 12 within expression: env.foo == "foo"
  
  **Tags:** github-actions
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2024-12-03. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  The problem is because you used double quotes. In conditionals, you have to use single quotes. Not
  
  ```
  if: env.foo == "foo"
  
  ```
  
  But,
  
  ```
  if: env.foo == 'foo'
  
  ```
  
  Then you should see this in DEBUG,
  
  ```
  ##[debug]Evaluating condition for step: 'Conditional Test'
  ##[debug]Evaluating: (success() && (env.foo == 'foo'))
  ##[debug]Evaluating And:
  ##[debug]..Evaluating success:
  ##[debug]..=> true
  ##[debug]..Evaluating Equal:
  ##[debug]....Evaluating Index:
  ##[debug]......Evaluating env:
  ##[debug]......=> Object
  ##[debug]......Evaluating String:
  ##[debug]......=> 'foo'
  ##[debug]....=> null
  ##[debug]....Evaluating String:
  ##[debug]....=> 'foo'
  ##[debug]..=> false
  ##[debug]=> false
  ##[debug]Expanded: (true && (null == 'foo'))
  ##[debug]Result: false
  
  ```
  
  
  ---
  
  