# Adding single quotes when I use regex\_search('\[^=\]\*$') **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [February 26, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-single-quotes-when-i-use-regex-search/34690 "2021-02-26T16:12:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pravin\_V](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pravin\_V](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pravin_V)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-single-quotes-when-i-use-regex-search/34690/1 "2021-02-26T16:12:45Z")
Hello Everyone, When I use the regex\_search in tasks, it is adding single quotes in the starting and end. Like for this - - sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000 when I use regex\_search- - name: SET FACT - Interface SPEED -1 set\_fact: speeds: “{{ item.0 | regex\_search(‘[^=]\*$’) | regex\_replace(’ ', ‘’) }}” Converting above value to - ok: [localhost] =\> (item=[‘sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000’]) My goal is fetch the value after ‘=’ sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000 to 1000000000 please advise. ---
**Author:** ![Roberto\_J\_R\_Paz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roberto\_J\_R\_Paz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Roberto_J_R_Paz)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-single-quotes-when-i-use-regex-search/34690/2 "2021-02-26T16:43:31Z")
Maybe you can use split. item.split(“=”)[1] should refer to what is at the right of “=”. ---
**Author:** ![Pravin\_V](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pravin\_V](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pravin_V)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-single-quotes-when-i-use-regex-search/34690/3 "2021-02-26T16:54:41Z")
Thank you, This is how I wrote- - name: SET FACT - Interface SPEED -1 set\_fact: speed\_list1: “{{ item.split(‘=’)[1] | default(omit) }}” with\_items: - ‘{{ speed\_list }}’ - name: Debug Speed debug: msg=“{{ speed\_list1 }}” Still the output is same- TASK [Debug Speed] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [localhost] =\> msg: ’ 0’ ---
**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-single-quotes-when-i-use-regex-search/34690/4 "2021-02-26T17:47:38Z")
> Hello Everyone, > When I use the regex\_search in tasks, it is adding single quotes in the starting and end. > Like for this - > - sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000 > when I use regex\_search- > - name: SET FACT - Interface SPEED -1 > set\_fact: > speeds: "{{ item.0 | regex\_search('[^=]\*$') | regex\_replace(' ', '') }}" > > Converting above value to - > ok: [localhost] =\> (item=['sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000']) > > My goal is fetch the value after '=' > sw01 GigabitEthernet0/0 IF-MIB.ifSpeed = 1000000000 > to > 1000000000 > > please advise. The regex\_search filter is superfluous in this case, try:    regex\_replace('^.\*=(.\*)$', '\\1') \\1 references the part of the string matched by (.\*). Regards          Racke ---
**Author:** ![Pravin\_V](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pravin\_V](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pravin_V)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-single-quotes-when-i-use-regex-search/34690/5 "2021-03-01T19:14:35Z")
Thank you so much, Racke. It worked like a charm. I was using it with rest API in JSON format. When I debug, it was adding single quotes(‘) but when I passed the command in URI module as you advised, it was not adding single quotes (’). Thanks once again!!! ---
**Author:** ![Pravin\_V](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pravin\_V](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pravin_V)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-single-quotes-when-i-use-regex-search/34690/6 "2021-03-03T12:54:44Z")
Hello Racke, I’m trying to pass the numeric values of an variable into JSON. - name: Device ID set\_fact: “device\_id”: “{{ device\_item\_netbox.id }}” - name: DEBUG - DEVICE ID debug: msg=“{{ device\_id }}” Output - TASK [DEBUG - DEVICE ID] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [localhost] =\> msg: ‘3483’ When I try to pass the same into JSON body- - name: Create Interface - Netbox uri: url: “{{ netbox\_url }}/api/dcim/interfaces/” return\_content: yes method: POST validate\_certs: false status\_code: 200,201 headers: Authorization: “Token {{ netbox\_server\_token }}” body\_format: json body: { “device”: “{{ device\_id }}”, “name”: “GigabitEthernet0/0”, “mac\_address”: “0001e896655b”, “type”: “10gbase-t”, “enabled”: “true”, “description”: “GigabitEthernet0/0” } Verbose output - fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> changed=false allow: GET, POST, HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE api\_version: ‘2.8’ content: ‘{“non\_field\_errors”:[“The fields device, name must make a unique set.”]}’ content\_length: ‘72’ content\_type: application/json elapsed: 0 invocation: module\_args: attributes: null body: description: GigabitEthernet0/0 device: ‘3483’ enabled: ‘true’ mac\_address: 0001e896655b name: GigabitEthernet0/0 type: 10gbase-t But when I add something with variables like below, it removes adding quotes - body: { “device”: “{{ device\_id }} m”, Verbose output - module\_args: attributes: null body: description: GigabitEthernet0/0 device: 3483 m Please advise how can I fetch/pass only numeric digits without quotes. ---
**Author:** ![Pushparaj\_Gothandam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/pushparaj_gothandam/32/5538_2.png) [@Pushparaj\_Gothandam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pushparaj_Gothandam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-single-quotes-when-i-use-regex-search/34690/7 "2021-03-04T05:54:43Z")
Try something like this “device”: “{{ device\_id | int }}”