Store an array in a variable and loop over it: MY_VAR := ["hello", "world"]

[0xbuidler]

I would like to store an array in a variable such as MY_VAR := ["hello", "world"] and loop over it in my recipe. How can I do that ? Is it even possible ?

[laniakea64]

This is not possible. All just variables are strings.

Would something along the lines of #2370 work for your case? i.e. storing the variable as a string with elements separated by a "delimiter string" that is not present in any element, then having the recipe's shell/interpreter split on that "delimiter string" into its own array type and loop over the result?

[goyalyashpal]

what is the use case scenario?

also see the XY problem