# help with munging a variable

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-munging-a-variable/20022>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [December 15, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-munging-a-variable/20022 "2015-12-15T17:47:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-munging-a-variable/20022/1 "2015-12-15T17:47:20Z")

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I can create an array wars like so ( I _THINK_ it’s an array, pretty sure it’s an array )

$cat roles/test/tasks/main.yml
