Thanks Racke, but I just tried:
- name: task 3
debug:
msg: "{{ item }} is in s"
loop: "{{ t_list }}"
when: ( item | regex_replace('^p(\d+).*$', '\1') ) in s
It fails. Only works with \\1.
On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 9:52 AM Stefan Hornburg (Racke) <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On 21/11/2022 14:01, [email protected] wrote:
> > Wow. Never would have thought to try that. Escaping in YAML/Jinja is
> such an unintuitive mess. Thanks so much, Andrew.
>
> It is easier though when you use single quotes for the arguments of the
> regex_replace filter.
>
> Regards
>
> Racke
>
>
> >
> > On Friday, November 18, 2022 at 4:59:47 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > ok, here it is..... should be \\1 vs \1 in your replacement and
> test(is) on string contents(in)
> >
> >
> > - name: task 3
> > debug:
> > msg: "{{ item }} is in the s"
> > loop: "{{ t_list }}"
> > when: ( item | regex_replace("^p(\d+).*$", "\\1") ) is in s
> >
> > - name: task 3.orig
> >
> > debug:
> > msg: "{{ item }} is in s"
> > loop: "{{ t_list }}"
> > when: ( item | regex_replace("^p(\d+).*$", "\1") ) in s
> >
> >
> >
> > TASK [task 3]
> ****************************************************************************************************
> > ok: [localhost] => (item=p1_xyz) => {
> > "msg": "p1_xyz is in the s"
> > }
> > ok: [localhost] => (item=p2_xyz) => {
> > "msg": "p2_xyz is in the s"
> > }
> >
> > TASK [task 3.orig]
> ***********************************************************************************************
> > skipping: [localhost] => (item=p1_xyz)
> > skipping: [localhost] => (item=p2_xyz)
> > skipping: [localhost]
> >
> > PLAY RECAP
> *******************************************************************************************************
> > localhost : ok=3 changed=0 unreachable=0
> failed=0 skipped=1 rescued=0 ignored=0
> >
> >
> > I did this in a hurry, so there may be mistakes or more awesome ways
> of doing this. YMMV
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 2:05 PM Andrew Latham <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > Trying to follow along, So on Task 3 you want to iterate over
> the list t_list and match if the digit is in variable s? First thought is
> that you are testing if an int is a string.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 12:00 PM [email protected] <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hey all - I think I'm losing my mind. Can anyone explain
> why every iteration of task 3 is being skipped (compare w/ task 2,
> especially)?
> >
> > (ansible2_12_8) rowagn@mlb656 client % cat d.yml
> > - hosts: all
> > gather_facts: no
> > vars:
> > s: '1 2 3'
> > t: p1_xyz
> > t_list:
> > - p1_xyz
> > - p2_xyz
> >
> > tasks:
> > - name: task 1
> > debug:
> > msg: '{{ ( t | regex_replace("^p(\d+).*$", "\1") ) in
> s }}'
> >
> > - name: task 2
> > debug:
> > msg: '{{ ( item | regex_replace("^p(\d+).*$", "\1") )
> in s }}'
> > loop: "{{ t_list }}"
> >
> > - name: task 3
> > debug:
> > msg: "{{ item }} is in s"
> > loop: "{{ t_list }}"
> > when: ( item | regex_replace("^p(\d+).*$", "\1") ) in s
> > (ansible2_12_8) rowagn@mlb656 client % ansible-playbook
> d.yml -i ~/localhost
> >
> > PLAY [all]
> **********************************************************************************************************
> >
> > TASK [task 1]
> *******************************************************************************************************
> > ok: [localhost] => {
> > "msg": true
> > }
> >
> > TASK [task 2]
> *******************************************************************************************************
> > ok: [localhost] => (item=p1_xyz) => {
> > "msg": true
> > }
> > ok: [localhost] => (item=p2_xyz) => {
> > "msg": true
> > }
> >
> > TASK [task 3]
> *******************************************************************************************************
> > skipping: [localhost] => (item=p1_xyz)
> > skipping: [localhost] => (item=p2_xyz)
> > skipping: [localhost]
> >
> > PLAY RECAP
> **********************************************************************************************************
> > localhost : ok=2 changed=0
> unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=1 rescued=0 ignored=0
> >
> > I've started at this for hours.
> >
> > Rob
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