Unable to use env variable in Github Actions if statement

[ravgeetdhillon]

I am trying to run a simple workflow like this.

name: Create Release
on:

push:

branches:

- master
jobs:

job1:

- name: Set Environment

run: |

string="Hello World"

echo "string=$string" >> $GITHUB_ENV
job2:

needs: job1

if: contains(env.string, 'Hello')

runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:

- name: Set up Repository

uses: actions/checkout@v2

However, I get an error

The workflow is not valid. .github/workflows/create-release.yml Unrecognized named-value: 'env'

I am not able to access the env variable string in the if statement. How can solve this issue?

[airtower-luna]

Environment variables aren’t persistent across jobs, you’ll need to use job outputs for that:

docs.github.com

Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions - GitHub Docs

//docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions