# Variables in playbooks don't get evaluated? (ansible 1.1)

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/variables-in-playbooks-dont-get-evaluated-ansible-1-1/12698>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [April 19, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variables-in-playbooks-dont-get-evaluated-ansible-1-1/12698 "2013-04-19T12:17:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variables-in-playbooks-dont-get-evaluated-ansible-1-1/12698/1 "2013-04-19T12:17:19Z")

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The {{ new\_form }} is only good in Ansible 1.2.

I suspect you are still using 1.1?

1.1 compatible docs are here: [http://ansible.cc/docs/released/1.1/](http://ansible.cc/docs/released/1.1/)

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variables-in-playbooks-dont-get-evaluated-ansible-1-1/12698/2 "2013-04-19T12:18:17Z")

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BTW, in case people didn’t catch it, both forms are valid in 1.2… we are just showing only the new way to reduce confusion and keep things consistent.

I also wanted to showcase 1.2 syntax as there are a larger number of people running the development branch, and also it prevents some questions about doing some potentially difficult things with complex variable access or conditionals.

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**Author:** ![Jevgenij\_Tsoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@Jevgenij\_Tsoi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jevgenij_Tsoi)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variables-in-playbooks-dont-get-evaluated-ansible-1-1/12698/3 "2013-04-19T15:58:36Z")

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Thanks! =)

Yeah, after I wrote the post, I cloned the repo and started digging. I thought I was going insane. =)Figured I was using an old version.

Any rls date for 1.2?

Actually one of the reasons I chose Ansible is Jinja, good syntax and we also use it for templating  
on our backend. =)

/JT

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variables-in-playbooks-dont-get-evaluated-ansible-1-1/12698/4 "2013-04-19T16:13:26Z")

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We generally have a every-two-months release cadence which would put 1.2 releasing around 6/1, though we may do things a couple of weeks earlier this time.

Many people run the development branch full time – it can be a little interesting at the start of a cycle, but by now it has stabalized and should be safe to consume. This is particularly easy since it’s easy to run ansible from a checkout (just source ./hacking/env-setup).

Hope this helps!

–Michael