# ansible 2.4 set\_fact with regex\_replace Quote issue

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-set-fact-with-regex-replace-quote-issue/30733>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Tags:** aws\
**Created:** [July 9, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-set-fact-with-regex-replace-quote-issue/30733 "2019-07-09T13:46:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![fabien\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f9b8f/32.png) [@fabien\_T](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fabien_T)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-set-fact-with-regex-replace-quote-issue/30733/1 "2019-07-09T13:46:31Z")

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hi everybody,

i try to make a string transformation with regex\_replace for construct my array. i use ansible 2.4, i try many variation, but i don’t find the right syntax with double quote and simple quote… someone can help me please ?

find some information about my issue :

**ansible block :**

- name: ACM Create / Make Array for DNS validation process  
set\_fact:  
cert\_validation\_target: "{{cert\_validation\_target}} +[{‘dns\_zone’:‘{{ item.DomainName | regex\_replace(’\[1\]{0,3}(-admin){0,1}.{0,1}(?P(toto…_.[a-z]{2,3})|tata.._.[a-z]{2,3})$‘,’‘)}}’,‘validation\_record’:‘{{item.ResourceRecord.Name}}’,‘validation\_record\_target’:‘{{item.ResourceRecord.Value}}’} ] "  
with\_item: {{json\_request}}

**expected result array :**  
dns\_zone | validation\_record | validation\_record\_target  
[toto.contoso.com](http://toto.contoso.com) | \_23c2345c38d3b5642cfc40c957e9a659.xxx-admin.toto.contoso.com. | \_5ebe31541034fdefdf4a1681a09e6ca.ltfvzjuylp.acm-validations.aws.  
[tata.contoso.de](http://tata.contoso.de) | \_f6036f745ae8f4efd01e32484159cbc0.inf-admin.tata.contoso.de. | \_702240d8eb90f53a51239b6fb2f92bb9a.ltfvzjuylp.acm-validations.aws.

**Json\_request example :**  
{  
“DomainName”: “[xxx-admin.toto.contoso.com](http://xxx-admin.toto.contoso.com)”,  
“ResourceRecord”: {  
“Name”: “\_23c2345c38d3b5642cfc40c957e9a659.xxx-admin.toto.contoso.com.”,  
“Type”: “CNAME”,  
“Value”: “\_5ebe31541034fdefdf4a1681a09e6ca.ltfvzjuylp.acm-validations.aws.”  
},  
“ValidationMethod”: “DNS”,  
“ValidationStatus”: “PENDING\_VALIDATION”  
},  
{  
“DomainName”: “[inf-admin.tata.contoso.de](http://inf-admin.tata.contoso.de)”,  
“ResourceRecord”: {  
“Name”: “\_f6036f745ae8f4efd01e32484159cbc0.inf-admin.tata.contoso.de.”,  
“Type”: “CNAME”,  
“Value”: “\_702240d8eb90f53a51239b6fb2f92bb9a.ltfvzjuylp.acm-validations.aws.”  
},  
“ValidationMethod”: “DNS”,  
“ValidationStatus”: “PENDING\_VALIDATION”

**ansible execution result :**

```auto
ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
The error appears to have been in '/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/tasks/main.yml': line 118, column 137, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to be:

  set_fact:
    cert_validation_target: "{{cert_validation_target}} + [{'dns_zone':'{{ 'item.DomainName' | regex_replace('^[a-z]{0,3}(-admin){0,1}\.{0,1}(?P<subdomain>(toto..*\.[a-z]{2,3})|tata\..*\.[a-z]{2,3})$','<subdomain>')}}','validation_record':'{{item.ResourceRecord.Name}}','validation_record_target':'{{item.ResourceRecord.Value}}'} ] "
                                                                                                              ^ here

```

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