# In Ansible's debug module, is the msg parameter of str type or another type? 

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**Created:** [July 10, 2025, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-ansibles-debug-module-is-the-msg-parameter-of-str-type-or-another-type/43815 "2025-07-10T08:46:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-ansibles-debug-module-is-the-msg-parameter-of-str-type-or-another-type/43815/1 "2025-07-10T08:46:19Z")

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In Ansible’s debug module, is the msg parameter of str type or another type? Why can I pass numbers, lists, dictionaries, etc., unlike the official documentation describing it as str?"  
the ansible version used in V2.8.8,python3.7

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**Author:** ![bcoca](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/bcoca/32/9269_2.png) [@bcoca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bcoca)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-ansibles-debug-module-is-the-msg-parameter-of-str-type-or-another-type/43815/2 "2025-07-10T14:42:06Z")

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it automatically ‘stringifies’ them … but then it also automatically ‘jsonifies’ the string on output, which is probably what seems so confusing.