How do I compare

Output<string>

with

string

? Here is the example

const clusterName = xyz
                .getOutput('cluster')
                .apply(cluster => cluster.ClusterName) as Output<string>;

The code has to compare the

clusterName

. I have tried with something like this and it failed.

switch (clusterName) {
            case Output.create('alpha'):{

To first approximation - you have to do the switch inside the

apply

. That is - the actual string value of the output is only known when the callback passed to apply is called - and so anything you want to do with that value must be done inside that callback. During previews, some Outputs will never be known (the resource hasn't been constructed yet), and during updates, these values may not be known until after the resource is actually created in the resource provider. In your sepcific cases - two things: 1. If you share a larger snippet of what you want to do, it may be more clear how your switch is getting used, and how it can be done inside an apply) 2. I think

xyz

is a

StackReference

? If so, we recently added

.getOutputSync()

which will get a normal

string

instead of `Output<string`>. This should generally make this specific case easier. This is possible because StackReference results really are always known (assuming the stack exists at all).