# Include Vars inside of Variable Array

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-vars-inside-of-variable-array/23310>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [December 21, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-vars-inside-of-variable-array/23310 "2016-12-21T16:22:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![steve5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@steve5](https://forum.ansible.com/u/steve5)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-vars-inside-of-variable-array/23310/1 "2016-12-21T16:22:55Z")

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I wasn’t sure if this is possible, but in the new “name” field in 2.2 is there a way to specify that you could create an array in that variable? I am trying to loop through a bunch of files with vars and want to prevent variable\_name duplication. Thanks!