# Changing existing variable

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/changing-existing-variable/18016>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 18, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/changing-existing-variable/18016 "2015-04-18T18:34:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Adam\_Hamsik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Adam\_Hamsik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adam_Hamsik)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/changing-existing-variable/18016/1 "2015-04-18T18:34:34Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible to create custom module or filter which will edit variable from variable cache ?

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**Author:** ![Chris\_Church1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@Chris\_Church1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Church1)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/changing-existing-variable/18016/2 "2015-04-18T21:03:56Z")

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Have you tried set\_fact ([http://docs.ansible.com/set\_fact\_module.html](http://docs.ansible.com/set_fact_module.html))?