QQ, is there any reason I should not set variables in an apply block that were defined outside of the apply block?

let foundVPC = false;

  let vpcId = getVpcsOutput({ filters }).apply((list: GetVpcsResult) => {
    if (list.ids.length > 0) {
      foundJumpVPC = true;
      return vpc;
    } else {
      <http://log.info|log.info>("No VPC found. Skipping...");
      return undefined;
    }
  });

  if(!foundJumpVPC) {
    <http://log.info|log.info>("No VPC found. Skipping...");
    return;
  }

The reason I need to do this is because I can't do something like:

if(!vpcId)

because

vpcId

is of type

Output<string | undefined>

and this condition

if(!vpcId)

will always evaluate to true.

The

apply

won't run until after the whole file has run. There should be a

getVpcs

that can be used for this though, provided

filters

doesn't need to be an Output

The

apply

won't run until after the whole file has run.

Ah so not a good idea.

Could Promise.resolve work here?

is that blocking?