# Contents of a Variable as a Variable in a playbook

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/contents-of-a-variable-as-a-variable-in-a-playbook/21490>\
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**Created:** [May 19, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/contents-of-a-variable-as-a-variable-in-a-playbook/21490 "2016-05-19T12:53:38Z")\
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Hi, I’m having trouble implementing this. Basically, variable basket contains the string ‘apple’ and I have already created a variable called apple that contains string ‘seed’. How do I use seed by referencing basket?

I attempted using {{ {{basket}} }} which I thought would be the equivalent of {{apple}} but that’s giving me a template error. Any other ideas? Perhaps the {{ {{basket}} }} method is correct but implemented incorrectly? Any and all help is appreciated!