# Quotes and Jinja

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/quotes-and-jinja/22250>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 9, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/quotes-and-jinja/22250 "2016-08-09T20:34:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Josh\_Smift1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Josh\_Smift1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Josh_Smift1)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/quotes-and-jinja/22250/1 "2016-08-09T20:34:03Z")

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We have a task like

&nbsp;&nbsp;- name: install thing and dependencies  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;yum: name={{ item }} state=present  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with\_items:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- thing-"{{ thing\_version }}"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- dep1  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- dep2  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- dep3

where thing\_version is sometimes 1.0 (say), and sometimes something else.

This worked fine in Ansible 1.9.4, but in 2.1.1.0, it says

&nbsp;&nbsp;ok: [host-01] =\> (item=[u'thing-"1.0"', u'dep1', u'dep2', u'dep2'])

&nbsp;&nbsp;NO MORE HOSTS LEFT \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

Now, my guess is that the thing-"{{ thing\_version }}" syntax is bogus, and  
that's fine, we can fix that -- and in fact when we fix it, it works  
fine... But we were surprised that the yum task said "ok" but then failed  
the run. Is that in fact surprising? Should I make a ticket?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-Josh (jbs@care.com)

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