# Ansible : query an output array **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [March 17, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query-an-output-array/23996 "2017-03-17T10:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Z-obaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7c8e57/32.png) [@Z-obaze](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Z-obaze)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query-an-output-array/23996/1 "2017-03-17T10:27:19Z")
Hi everyone, I’m wondering if there is a simple way to display the value of on exact item for each row whatever the number of entries we have ? I’ll explain myself, I have an ouput which looks like this : `ok: [server1] => { "requirements": { "changed": false, "msg": "All items completed", "results": [ { "_ansible_item_result": true, "_ansible_no_log": false, "_ansible_parsed": true, "changed": false, "invocation": { "module_args": { "conf_file": null, "disable_gpg_check": false, "disablerepo": null, "enablerepo": null, "exclude": null, "install_repoquery": true, "list": "first_package", "name": null, "state": "installed", "update_cache": false, "validate_certs": true }, "module_name": "yum" }, "item": "first_package", "results": [`{` `“arch”: “x86\_64”,` `“epoch”: “0”,` `“name”: “name\_of\_the\_package”,` `“nevra”: “0:first\_package”,` `“release”: “release\_of\_the\_package”,` `“repo”: “repo”,` `“version”: “version\_of\_the\_package”,` `“yumstate”: “available”` `}` ] }, { “\_ansible\_item\_result”: true, “\_ansible\_no\_log”: false, “\_ansible\_parsed”: true, “changed”: false, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “conf\_file”: null, “disable\_gpg\_check”: false, “disablerepo”: null, “enablerepo”: null, “exclude”: null, “install\_repoquery”: true, “list”: “second\_package”, “name”: null, “state”: “installed”, “update\_cache”: false, “validate\_certs”: true }, “module\_name”: “yum” }, “item”: “second\_package”, “results”: [ { “arch”: “x86\_64”, “epoch”: “0”, “name”: “`name_of_the_package`”, “nevra”: “0:second\_package”, “release”: “`release_of_the_package`”, “repo”: “repo”, “version”: "`version_of_the_package"`, “yumstate”: “available” } ] ` And with that output, i’d like to display the value of “yumstate” entry for all of the items, here we have two items, but we could have 3, 4 or more. Within my playbook i tried to do something like this, but of course it doesn’t work : ` - name: debug debug: var: ‘requirements.results[_].results[_].yumstate’ ` I also tried with a loop, but I haven’t found anything. So does anyone have a clue to do this? Thanks for your help ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query-an-output-array/23996/2 "2017-03-17T16:51:19Z")
- debug: var=item.results.0.yumstate     with\_items: "{{ requirements.results }}" ---
**Author:** ![Z-obaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7c8e57/32.png) [@Z-obaze](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Z-obaze)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query-an-output-array/23996/3 "2017-03-20T17:35:17Z")
Thanks a lot, it was just what I needed. ---
**Author:** ![Z-obaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7c8e57/32.png) [@Z-obaze](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Z-obaze)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query-an-output-array/23996/4 "2017-03-28T09:44:46Z")
Hi, I’m finally stuck with another case. Sometimes I could get something like this : > ok: [server1] =\> { > “requirements”: { > “changed”: false, > “msg”: “All items completed”, > “results”: [ > { > “\_ansible\_item\_result”: true, > “\_ansible\_no\_log”: false, > “\_ansible\_parsed”: true, > “changed”: false, > “invocation”: { > “module\_args”: { > “conf\_file”: null, > “disable\_gpg\_check”: false, > “disablerepo”: null, > “enablerepo”: null, > “exclude”: null, > “install\_repoquery”: true, > “list”: “first\_package”, > “name”: null, > “state”: “installed”, > “update\_cache”: false, > “validate\_certs”: true > }, > “module\_name”: “yum” > }, > “item”: “first\_package”, > “results”: [ > { > “arch”: “x86\_64”, > “epoch”: “0”, > “name”: “name\_of\_the\_package”, > “nevra”: “0:first\_package”, > “release”: “release\_of\_the\_package”, > “repo”: “repo”, > “version”: “version\_of\_the\_package”, > “yumstate”: “available” > } > { > “arch”: “x86\_64”, > “epoch”: “0”, > “name”: “name\_of\_the\_package”, > “nevra”: “0:first\_package”, > “release”: “release\_of\_the\_package”, > “repo”: “installed”, > “version”: “version\_of\_the\_package”, > “yumstate”: “installed” > } > ] > }, > { > “\_ansible\_item\_result”: true, > “\_ansible\_no\_log”: false, > “\_ansible\_parsed”: true, > “changed”: false, > “invocation”: { > “module\_args”: { > “conf\_file”: null, > “disable\_gpg\_check”: false, > “disablerepo”: null, > “enablerepo”: null, > “exclude”: null, > “install\_repoquery”: true, > “list”: “second\_package”, > “name”: null, > “state”: “installed”, > “update\_cache”: false, > “validate\_certs”: true > }, > “module\_name”: “yum” > }, > “item”: “second\_package”, > “results”: [ > { > “arch”: “x86\_64”, > “epoch”: “0”, > “name”: “name\_of\_the\_package”, > “nevra”: “0:second\_package”, > “release”: “release\_of\_the\_package”, > “repo”: “repo”, > “version”: “version\_of\_the\_package”, > “yumstate”: “available” > } > ] So here, I have two results for the same package. With the tip you gave me, I can only look into the first one, I know I could add “item.results.1.yumstate” but I don’t want to cause I could get more than 2 results. I tried with the “with\_subelements” but it split the array by the number of results I have and in that case I want to compare “item.results.0.yumstate” and “item.results.1.yumstate”? But as I said I could get more. Thanks for your help ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query-an-output-array/23996/5 "2017-03-29T08:42:07Z")
To do this you need a loop in a loop. Put the inner most loop in a yaml file and use include with with\_itmes to loop the outer item and use loop\_control to change the variable name. [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_loops.html#loop-control](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_loops.html#loop-control) ---
**Author:** ![Z-obaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7c8e57/32.png) [@Z-obaze](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Z-obaze)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query-an-output-array/23996/6 "2017-03-29T14:14:08Z")
Thanks. And is there a way to not use include and to keep the inner loop into the same playbook than the outer loop? Cause I don’t like the way it splits the playbook into two yaml files. ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query-an-output-array/23996/7 "2017-03-29T14:35:04Z")
No, that is the only way to do it in Ansible. If you are only using the data in a template then you can do loop in a loop in Jinja2. ---
**Author:** ![Z-obaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7c8e57/32.png) [@Z-obaze](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Z-obaze)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query-an-output-array/23996/8 "2017-03-30T09:14:54Z")
OK thanks. And do you know if there is a way with the yum module to not have those two entries when the latest package is installed ? I’d like to have only the one with “yumstate=installed” and not the one with available state. Cause actually I just want to know if one package is installed or not, but I don’t want to install it, just check, that’s why I don’t want to use the “state=installed” or even “present” cause it will install the package if it’s not here. I tried a lot of thing but so far didn’t find what I wanted. does it make sense? Thanks