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Using the notin operator

In the previous example, you blocked a task execution by using a when expression. Sometimes, you might want to perform another task if a value is not matched. By using the notin operator, you can add what would be similar to an else statement. For this following example, you will add a You lose message when the number is not 3:

  1. Copy over the pipeline from game.yaml into a new file called guess-notin.yaml. Change the name of this new pipeline to guess-game-notin, and keep everything else:
    apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1 
    kind: Pipeline 
    metadata: 
     name: guess-game-notin 
    spec: 
     params: 
    ...
      tasks: 
       - name: win 
    … 
  2. At the end of this pipeline, add a new task called lose. This task object will reference the same logger task. As a parameter, it will take You lose as the value for text:
       - name: lose 
         params: 
           - name: text 
        ...
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Joel Lord (joel__lord on Twitter) is passionate about the web and technology in general. He likes to learn new things, but most of all, he wants to share his discoveries. He does so by traveling to various conferences all across the globe. He graduated from college with a degree in computer programming in the last millennium. Apart from a little break to get his BSc in computational astrophysics, he has always worked in the industry. In his daily job, Joel is a developer advocate with MongoDB, where he connects with software engineers to help them make the web better by using best practices around JavaScript. In his free time, he can be found stargazing on a campground somewhere or brewing a fresh batch of beer in his garage.
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