# How to use a variable into a lookup

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-into-a-lookup/14022>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 28, 2013, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-into-a-lookup/14022 "2013-11-28T07:11:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Herve\_Leclerc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a8b319/32.png) [@Herve\_Leclerc](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Herve_Leclerc)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-into-a-lookup/14022/1 "2013-11-28T07:11:39Z")

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Hello,  
How can i use a variable into a lookup ?  
eg. {{ lookup(‘etcd’, ‘deploy/myapp/ **{{version}}** /release’) }}

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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:** [November 28, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-into-a-lookup/14022/2 "2013-11-28T07:28:32Z")

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Try

{{ lookup('etcd', 'deploy/myapp/' + version + '/release') }}

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**Author:** ![Herve\_Leclerc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a8b319/32.png) [@Herve\_Leclerc](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Herve_Leclerc)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-into-a-lookup/14022/3 "2013-11-28T08:13:18Z")

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So simple !  
it works fine

Thank you