Error when deploying with Mac, looks like some wrong character ruining the whole thing

[jariolavilehtonen]

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- [ ] feature request
- [ ] documentation issue or request
- [ ] regression (a behavior that used to work and stopped in a new release)

Minimal steps to reproduce

try to deploy with Mac

Any log messages given by the failure

ERROR: error executing step command 'provision': deployment failed: error deploying infrastructure: starting deployment to subscription: PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/41e5cecb-e8cf-4f36-9645-cd33273e8f40/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/searchopenaienvone-1731680497

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RESPONSE 400: 400 Bad Request
ERROR CODE: InvalidTemplate

{
"error": {
"code": "InvalidTemplate",
"message": "Deployment template language expression evaluation failed: 'The language expression 'if(not(equals(parameters('numberOfWorkers'), −1)), parameters('numberOfWorkers'), null())' is not valid: the string character '−' at position '45' is not expected.'. Please see https://aka.ms/arm-functions for usage details.",
"additionalInfo": [
{
"type": "TemplateViolation",
"info": {
"lineNumber": 0,
"linePosition": 0,
"path": ""
}
}
]
}
}

Expected/desired behavior

OS and Version?

macOS

ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 14.5
BuildVersion: 23F79

azd version?

run azd version and copy paste here.
azd version 1.11.0 (commit 5b92e0687e1fa96dfc8292f4b900c0c58610b6a5)

Versions

Mention any other details that might be useful

Suspected cause: The template contains a special character "−" (Unicode minus sign, U+2212) instead of a regular hyphen "-" (ASCII code 45). This often happens if the code was copied from a document or a PDF where the characters are automatically replaced.

Tried solution: Replacing the Unicode Minus Sign with a Regular Hyphen:
Change the character − (Unicode minus sign) to - (ASCII hyphen).

I changed that and tried to update also some others but the error persisted.

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[pamelafox]

I wonder if your Bicep is out of date? I'm on a Mac as well and have not seen that issue.

Can you run az bicep version and tell me what version you see? I wonder if its either very new or very old.