Terraform validate reports syntax check errors from which of the following scenarios?

Terraform validate reports syntax check errors from which of the following scenarios?
A . Code contains tabs indentation instead of spaces
B. There is missing value for a variable
C. The state files does not match the current infrastructure
D. None of the above

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Answer: B

Explanation:

The terraform validate command is used to validate the syntax of the terraform files. Terraform performs a syntax check on all the terraform files in the directory, and will display an error if any of the files doesn’t validate. This command does not check formatting (e.g. tabs vs spaces, newlines, comments etc.). The following can be reported: invalid HCL syntax (e.g. missing trailing quote or equal sign) invalid HCL references (e.g. variable name or attribute which doesn’t exist) same provider declared multiple times same module declared multiple times same resource declared multiple times invalid module name interpolation used in places where it’s unsupported (e.g. variable, depends_on, module.source, provider) missing value for a variable (none of -var foo=… flag, -var-file=foo.vars flag, TF_VAR_foo environment variable, terraform.tfvars, or default value in the configuration) https://www.typeerror.org/docs/terraform/commands/validate https://learning-ocean.com/tutorials/terraform/terraform-validate