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Hi,

I need to replace characters in strings so i can change ‘com.bar.foo’ into ‘com/bar/foo’

common_vars.yml:

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I need to replace characters in strings so i can change 'com.bar.foo' into
'com/bar/foo'

The only thing that occurs to me is
          tasks:
          - local_action: shell echo "${group_id}" | sed 's|\.|/|g'
            register: new_group_id

Then use ${new_group_id.stdout}

Overkill probably ...

        -JP

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also sprach Clifford Sanders <clifford650@gmail.com> [2013.06.20.1428 +0200]:

http://nexus/releases/$\{com\.bar\.foo\}\.replace\(&quot;\.&quot;,&quot;/&quot;\)/$\{artifact\_id\}/$\{version\}

Did you try ${foo.replace(…)} ?

Starting with version 1.2, you should be able to use Jinja2 filters:

  {{ foo | replace('.', '/') }}

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You shouldn’t even need to know it’s Jinja2 since we can access the .replace method on the string itself.

{{ foo.replace(‘.’,‘/’) }}

Should you wish to store this result, the new “set_fact” module in 1.2 provides an easy way to do that without the “register” trick JP Mens showed as well.

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You shouldn't even need to know it's Jinja2 since we can access the .replace
method on the string itself.

{{ foo.replace('.','/') }}

Should you wish to store this result, the new "set_fact" module in 1.2
provides an easy way to do that without the "register" trick JP Mens showed
as well.

AFAIK, these solutions are *not* available with ansible 1.1
I know because I was looking for it and had to solve with a
"local_action" as well..

.a.

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Correct, Ansible 1.2 is where “{{ these }}” were added, to unify the way variables and templates work between templates and playbooks.

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Thank you all for your support.

I’m trying to update to 1.2 but have a problem using this version in my vagrant development environment. This could be related to https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/3147.

Regards,

Clifford