# Variable expansion in include\_vars

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-expansion-in-include-vars/25246>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 14, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-expansion-in-include-vars/25246 "2017-08-14T16:26:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Uwe\_Sauter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/41988e/32.png) [@Uwe\_Sauter](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Uwe_Sauter)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-expansion-in-include-vars/25246/1 "2017-08-14T16:26:08Z")

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Hi,

I'm trying to keep my playbooks and related var files portable. Currently I'm stuck with the following:

### input.yaml ###