# Why parameterized attribute lookup on ansible variables fail?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-parameterized-attribute-lookup-on-ansible-variables-fail/24923>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [July 7, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-parameterized-attribute-lookup-on-ansible-variables-fail/24923 "2017-07-07T12:54:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![moe\_22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@moe\_22](https://forum.ansible.com/u/moe_22)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-parameterized-attribute-lookup-on-ansible-variables-fail/24923/1 "2017-07-07T12:54:39Z")

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This is best explained by this example:

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-parameterized-attribute-lookup-on-ansible-variables-fail/24923/2 "2017-07-11T17:34:10Z")

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its a dictionary, not an object, the following will get you the result you want:

msg: "{{foo[bee]}}"

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**Author:** ![moe\_22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@moe\_22](https://forum.ansible.com/u/moe_22)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-parameterized-attribute-lookup-on-ansible-variables-fail/24923/3 "2017-07-11T23:35:29Z")

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Thanx.