# using json\_query against integers?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-json-query-against-integers/29673>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [February 13, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-json-query-against-integers/29673 "2019-02-13T17:34:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Justin\_DynamicD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/97f17d/32.png) [@Justin\_DynamicD](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Justin_DynamicD)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-json-query-against-integers/29673/1 "2019-02-13T17:34:10Z")

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Ill let a fast sample bit of code do the talking:

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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-json-query-against-integers/29673/2 "2019-02-13T17:38:06Z")

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Change your `json_query` var to use backticks (``) instead of quotes (‘’) around the 0

- vars:  
json\_query: “[?lun==`0`]”

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**Author:** ![Justin\_DynamicD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/97f17d/32.png) [@Justin\_DynamicD](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Justin_DynamicD)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-json-query-against-integers/29673/3 "2019-02-13T17:47:39Z")

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NM all … turns out i need the illustrious backtick (`) and not a single quote to denote a integer …