# ansible 2.3.0: variables in with\_items (and ec2\_tag module) selectively get not interpreted but taken literally

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-3-0-variables-in-with-items-and-ec2-tag-module-selectively-get-not-interpreted-but-taken-literally/22826>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 19, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-3-0-variables-in-with-items-and-ec2-tag-module-selectively-get-not-interpreted-but-taken-literally/22826 "2016-10-19T11:15:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![hketchup7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/54ee81/32.png) [@hketchup7](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hketchup7)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-3-0-variables-in-with-items-and-ec2-tag-module-selectively-get-not-interpreted-but-taken-literally/22826/1 "2016-10-19T11:15:18Z")

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Hello Everybody,

to explain the odd behaviour, i post a snippet of what i launch via ansible-playbook: