# How to concat variables and assign to a new variable in template?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-concat-variables-and-assign-to-a-new-variable-in-template/14504>\
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**Created:** [February 6, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-concat-variables-and-assign-to-a-new-variable-in-template/14504 "2014-02-06T04:23:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![howachen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/54ee81/32.png) [@howachen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/howachen)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-concat-variables-and-assign-to-a-new-variable-in-template/14504/1 "2014-02-06T04:23:16Z")

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Hi,

For example, in template,

{% if foo is defined and foo == “apple” %}

# I want to set foo equal to the concatenation of x + “,” + y + “,” + z, how?

{% endif %}

{{ foo }}

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**Author:** ![kahlil.hodgson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9bd4f/32.png) [@kahlil.hodgson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kahlil.hodgson)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-concat-variables-and-assign-to-a-new-variable-in-template/14504/2 "2014-02-06T04:48:38Z")

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try:

{% set foo = x ~ "," ~ y ~ "," ~ z %}

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