# Problem with ansible variables

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-ansible-variables/17238>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 12, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-ansible-variables/17238 "2015-01-12T07:36:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Adrian\_Paraschiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@Adrian\_Paraschiv](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adrian_Paraschiv)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-ansible-variables/17238/1 "2015-01-12T07:36:51Z")

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Hello,

I have this small playbook and t doesn’t convert veriables:

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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 13, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-ansible-variables/17238/2 "2015-01-13T13:53:58Z")

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it is substituting but I'm guessing more than you want.

try:

environment:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;MODULE: "{{MODULE.stdout}}"

also "shell: echo" will not display any output to your screen, you  
might want to register it and use debug module to display.

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**Author:** ![Adrian\_Paraschiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@Adrian\_Paraschiv](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adrian_Paraschiv)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-ansible-variables/17238/3 "2015-01-16T12:05:21Z")

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Thanks Brian,

It worked!