# Default role variables don't get displayed properly in playbook output

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/default-role-variables-dont-get-displayed-properly-in-playbook-output/18492>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 13, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/default-role-variables-dont-get-displayed-properly-in-playbook-output/18492 "2015-06-13T22:23:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brian\_Picciano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecc23a/32.png) [@Brian\_Picciano](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Picciano)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/default-role-variables-dont-get-displayed-properly-in-playbook-output/18492/1 "2015-06-13T22:23:15Z")

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I have the following files:

**roles/test/defaults/main.yml**

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**Author:** ![Mark\_van\_der\_Hout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@Mark\_van\_der\_Hout](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mark_van_der_Hout)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/default-role-variables-dont-get-displayed-properly-in-playbook-output/18492/2 "2015-06-19T09:15:02Z")

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Confirmed.

For me it also doesn’t work if I give the vars through the CLI with --extra-vars “test\_var2 = TESTBAR”

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/default-role-variables-dont-get-displayed-properly-in-playbook-output/18492/3 "2015-06-19T14:24:12Z")

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try removing the spaces --extra-vars "test\_var2=TESTBAR"