# Unable to substitute variable inside variable

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-substitute-variable-inside-variable/32420>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 9, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-substitute-variable-inside-variable/32420 "2020-03-09T13:06:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sanjay1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sanjay1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sanjay1)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-substitute-variable-inside-variable/32420/1 "2020-03-09T13:06:39Z")

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Any idea/comments why this doesn’t work?

Installed aversion - 2.9.0

Playbook : test.yml

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**Author:** ![vbotka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/vbotka/32/359_2.png) [@vbotka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vbotka)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-substitute-variable-inside-variable/32420/2 "2020-03-09T13:47:11Z")

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There is no reason toreference "vars". Try

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;debug: msg="{{ a }}"

HTH,

&nbsp;&nbsp;-vlado

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**Author:** ![Sanjay1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sanjay1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sanjay1)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-substitute-variable-inside-variable/32420/3 "2020-03-09T14:00:04Z")

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Thanks, that seems to be working!