# concatenate string with all list items

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/concatenate-string-with-all-list-items/28987>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 9, 2018, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/concatenate-string-with-all-list-items/28987 "2018-11-09T08:40:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fatima\_Elfakih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fatima\_Elfakih](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fatima_Elfakih)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/concatenate-string-with-all-list-items/28987/1 "2018-11-09T08:40:28Z")

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hello  
I want to add a string for all item in my list without using “with\_item”.  
any proposition?  
Thx

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**Author:** ![Theo\_Ouzhinski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@Theo\_Ouzhinski](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Theo_Ouzhinski)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/concatenate-string-with-all-list-items/28987/2 "2018-11-11T23:50:27Z")

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You can use a filter to concatenate a string from a list. For example,

`"{{ my_list | join(' ') }}"`

You can read more about filters [here](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#id8).

Theo