# Standard Ansible Loop Script not working

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/standard-ansible-loop-script-not-working/27526>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 14, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/standard-ansible-loop-script-not-working/27526 "2018-05-14T22:06:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carlton\_Patterson1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@Carlton\_Patterson1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Carlton_Patterson1)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/standard-ansible-loop-script-not-working/27526/1 "2018-05-14T22:06:23Z")

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Hello community,

I have written the following ansible script

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/standard-ansible-loop-script-not-working/27526/2 "2018-05-14T22:11:55Z")

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don't offset from list item:

# Playbook file: loopplay.yml  
- name: loopplay  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;hosts: centos2  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tags:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- loopplay  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tasks:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- name: looptask  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;user:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;name: "{{ item }}"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;state: present  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;groups: "wheel"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;loop:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- testuser1  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- testuser2