# I made a string split filter - best place to contribute?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-made-a-string-split-filter-best-place-to-contribute/20151>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [January 8, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-made-a-string-split-filter-best-place-to-contribute/20151 "2016-01-08T08:24:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim\_Raasveld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@Tim\_Raasveld](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tim_Raasveld)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-made-a-string-split-filter-best-place-to-contribute/20151/1 "2016-01-08T08:24:38Z")

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I made a string split filter for Ansible( [https://github.com/timraasveld/ansible-string-split-filter/blob/master/split.py](https://github.com/timraasveld/ansible-string-split-filter/blob/master/split.py) ) and would like to contribute it to the main project.

Because Ansible’s “Community Information” page told me to post here before making a pull request, here’s my plan:

1. Add the split.py script under lib/ansible/plugins/filter (with the “This file is part of Ansible” header)
2. Add a test
3. Make a pull request  
Is this a good plan of action, or did I miss something?

Thanks  
Tim

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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:** [January 11, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-made-a-string-split-filter-best-place-to-contribute/20151/2 "2016-01-11T20:54:29Z")

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you can already do {{var.split()}} there is really no need for a filter

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Reter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@Jeff\_Reter](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeff_Reter)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-made-a-string-split-filter-best-place-to-contribute/20151/3 "2016-01-12T11:24:10Z")

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so we just need better docs 🙂