On 3/19/20 4:23 PM, mahesh g o wrote:
> - hosts: localhost
>   gather_facts: false
>   vars:
>     foo: ['vs1','vs2','vs3','vs4']
>   tasks:
>     - name: counting the array elements
>         yes: "{{foo|length}}"

There is no module called "yes", try "set_fact" or "debug" and make sure your 
indentation is correct.

Regards
         Racke

> 
> seeing the below error: not sure what am i missing here:
> 
> ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
>   mapping values are not allowed in this context
> 
> The error appears to be in '/root/ansible/playbooks/syst/lab.yml': line 7, 
> column 12, but may
> be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
> 
> The offending line appears to be:
> 
>     - name: counting the array elements
>         yes: "{{foo}}"|length
>            ^ here
> We could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with
> missing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when they
> start a value. For instance:
> 
>     with_items:
>       - {{ foo }}
> 
> Should be written as:
> 
>     with_items:
>       - "{{ foo }}"
> 
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