thanks for the help, but that's not exactly what i am after. i'm
attempting to avoid creating a third variable. but maybe that's the
only way
On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 7:05 PM Vladimir Botka <vbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:22:10 -0400
> Michael DiDomenico <mdidomeni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > lista:
> > - { one: 'str1', two: 'str2' }
> >
> > listb:
> > - "{{ lookup('vars','lista') }}"
> > - { one: 'str1', two: 'str2' }
> >
> > the output i want is
> >
> > listb:
> > { one: 'str1', two: 'str2' },
> > { one: 'str1', two: 'str2' }
> >
> > but what i get is
> >
> > listb:
> > [ { one: 'str1', two: 'str2' } ],
> > { one: 'str1', two: 'str2' }
>
> The lookup *vars* is not necessary. Reference the variable
>
> listb:
> - "{{ lista }}"
> - {one: str1, two: str2}
>
> You should get
>
> listb:
> - - one: str1
> two: str2
> - one: str1
> two: str2
>
> This is correct. The first item on the list *listb* is list *lista*.
> If you put two items into the list *lista*
>
> lista:
> - one: str1
> two: str2
> - ccc: str3
> ddd: str4
>
> you'll get
>
> listb:
> - - one: str1
> two: str2
> - ccc: str3
> ddd: str4
> - one: str1
> two: str2
>
> You can *flatten* the list
>
> listc: "{{ listb|flatten }}"
>
> gives
>
> listc:
> - one: str1
> two: str2
> - ccc: str3
> ddd: str4
> - one: str1
> two: str2
>
> However, a simpler option is adding lists. For example, given two
> lists
>
> lista:
> - {one: str1, two: str2}
> - {ccc: str3, ddd: str4}
> listb:
> - {one: str1, two: str2}
>
> Declare the list *listc*. This will merge the two lists
>
> listc: "{{ lista + listb }}"
>
>
> --
> Vladimir Botka
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