# Method for formatting long attribute values over multiple lines?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/method-for-formatting-long-attribute-values-over-multiple-lines/19885>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 28, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/method-for-formatting-long-attribute-values-over-multiple-lines/19885 "2015-11-28T14:03:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![edrozenberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a6a055/32.png) [@edrozenberg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/edrozenberg)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/method-for-formatting-long-attribute-values-over-multiple-lines/19885/1 "2015-11-28T14:03:33Z")

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I need help trying to stick to 80 columns :).

In a number of my tasks, some attribute values get very long and I haven’t found any means of breaking them up over several lines. A workaround is to put them into a vars file as a list/array. Is there any way to break up values across several lines in the playbook itself?

For example, the install\_options value is huge for ffmpeg:

# Install ffmpeg

- name: install ffmpeg  
homebrew: \>  
name=ffmpeg  
install\_options=with-faac,with-fdk-aac,with-ffplay,with-fontconfig,with-freetype,with-frei0r,with-libass,with-libbluray,with-libbs2b,with-libcaca,with-libquvi,with-libsoxr,with-libssh,with-libvidstab,with-libvorbis,with-libvpx,with-opencore-amr,with-openjpeg,with-openssl,with-opus,with-rtmpdump,with-schroedinger,with-snappy,with-speex,with-theora,with-tools,with-webp,with-x265  
state=latest

Thanks,  
–Ed