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Ansible list syntax - apparently confusing behaviour
localhost ansible_connection=local
# Run this with >$ ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i hosts
- hosts: all
vars:
simple_list: [one, two, three] # lists like this are fine in yaml
derived_list: "[{% for thing in simple_list %}{{ thing }},{% endfor %}]"
# Single quotes below should be unecessary accoring to my understanding
derived_list2: "[{% for thing in simple_list %}'{{ thing }}',{% endfor %}]"
tasks:
- debug: var=simple_list # a list, as expected.
- debug: var=derived_list # a string. Eh?
- debug: var=derived_list2 # a list. The single quotes must be important somehow.
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