Is it possible to refer to chef attributes from the same attribute file?

Question

If I have an attribute:

default [: mycookbook] [: attr_foo] = "foo"

can i access it in the same file, something like this:

default [: mycookbook] [: attr_bar] = default [: mycookbook] [: attr_foo]

Answer 1

This is possible, however the correct syntax is:

default [: mycookbook] [: attr_bar] = "# {default [: mycookbook] [: attr_foo]}"

.. essentially the attribute is wrapped:

"# {}"