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Nighthawk: /* types */

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‎types

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‎Adding variables to inventory

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‎setting variables

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‎setting variables

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‎setting variables

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‎variables

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‎variables

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‎variables

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‎variables

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‎variables

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 Combining list variables
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    merged_list: "{{ list1 + list2 }}"
+    merged_list: <nowiki>"{{ list1 + list2 }}"</nowiki>
 Combining dictionary variables
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-   merged_dict: "{{ dict1 | ansible.builtin.combine(dict2) }}"
+   merged_dict: <nowiki>"{{ dict1 | ansible.builtin.combine(dict2) }}"</nowiki>
 merge variables that match the given prefixes, suffixes, or regular expressions, you can use the community.general.merge_variables lookup, for example:
-  merged_variable: "{{ lookup('community.general.merge_variables', '__my_pattern', pattern_type='suffix') }}"
+  merged_variable: <nowiki>"{{ lookup('community.general.merge_variables', '__my_pattern', pattern_type='suffix') }}"</nowiki>
 ===[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory_guide/intro_inventory.html#variables-in-inventory Adding variables to inventory]===

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 Reference nested variables using either bracket notation or dot notation
   '{{ ansible_facts["eth0"]["ipv4"]["address"] }}'
   or
   {{ ansible_facts.eth0.ipv4.address }}
 ===setting variables===

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   ansible-playbook arcade.yml --extra-vars "{\"name\":\"Conan O\'Brien\"}"
   ansible-playbook arcade.yml --extra-vars '{"name":"Conan O'\\\''Brien"}'
-  ansible-playbook script.yml --extra-vars "{\"dialog\":\"He said \\\"I just can\'t get enough of those
+  ansible-playbook script.yml --extra-vars "{\"dialog\":\"He said \\\"I just can\'t get enough of those single and double-quotes"\!"\\\"\"}"
 single and double-quotes"\!"\\\"\"}"
 ==Connecting to hosts==

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   ansible-playbook release.yml --extra-vars '{"version":"1.23.45","other_variable":"foo"}'
   ansible-playbook arcade.yml --extra-vars '{"pacman":"mrs","ghosts":["inky","pinky","clyde","sue"]}'
 ==Connecting to hosts==

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 ===setting variables===
 setfact
   - name: set a var
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         ansible.builtin.shell: /usr/bin/foo
         register: foo_result
 ==Connecting to hosts==

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	===[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory_guide/intro_inventory.html#variables-in-inventory Adding variables to inventory]===		===[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory_guide/intro_inventory.html#variables-in-inventory Adding variables to inventory]===

		+	Reference nested variables using either bracket notation or dot notation
		+	'{{ ansible_facts["eth0"]["ipv4"]["address"] }}'
		+	or
		+	{{ ansible_facts.eth0.ipv4.address }}

	===setting variables===		===setting variables===

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 </nowiki>
 ===types===
 get var type
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   {{ myvar | type_debug }}
 </nowiki>
 ===[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory_guide/intro_inventory.html#variables-in-inventory Adding variables to inventory]===

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 ==variables==
-A variable name can only include letters, numbers, and underscores. [https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords Python keywords]  or [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/playbooks_keywords.html#playbook-keywords playbook keywords] are not valid variable names. A variable name cannot begin with a number. Use use double curly braces to reference them.
+A variable name can only include letters, numbers, and underscores. [https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords Python keywords]  or [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/playbooks_keywords.html#playbook-keywords playbook keywords] are not valid variable names. A variable name cannot begin with a number. Use use double curly braces to reference them. i.e.
+<nowiki>
 i.e.
   {{ foo }}
+</nowiki>
 ===types===

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	==variables==		==variables==
		+
		+	A variable name can only include letters, numbers, and underscores. [https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords Python keywords] or [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/playbooks_keywords.html#playbook-keywords playbook keywords] are not valid variable names. A variable name cannot begin with a number. Use use double curly braces to reference them.
		+
		+	i.e.
		+	{{ foo }}

	===types===		===types===