# Syntax for adding lists in playbook

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/syntax-for-adding-lists-in-playbook/23366>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 3, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/syntax-for-adding-lists-in-playbook/23366 "2017-01-03T15:55:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Johannes\_Kastl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/syntax-for-adding-lists-in-playbook/23366/1 "2017-01-03T15:55:33Z")

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Dear all,

I have a task that is supposed to be running with\_nested, aka with two  
lists it should loop through:

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**Author:** ![Johannes\_Kastl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/syntax-for-adding-lists-in-playbook/23366/2 "2017-01-03T16:05:48Z")

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I answer myself, seems I had a typo in there somewhere.

This works: