"with_item" clause support for list variables ?

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Hi :

  I am trying to pass a array variable to an task with "with_item"
clause, and would like to know whether there is support for this or
any other alternative ways.

Thanks,

- name:print eth
  action: command echo $item
  with_items:
     -$ansible_interfaces

Output

TASK: [print eth] *********

ok: [192.168.0.15] => command echo $item

ok: [192.168.0.14] => command echo $item

ok: [192.168.0.13] => command echo $item

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Which version of Ansible are you running?

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So with_items taking a variable doesn't presently exist. It must take
an explicit list.

FWIW, When it does, it would look like this:

with_items: $ansible_interfaces

Because a list of one item containing a list of multiple items
wouldn't make sense.

There's a ticket already open for this feature.

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By the way, I discovered that you can use YAML’s “repeated nodes”[1] feature to repeat a piece of the current YAML doc’s tree in multiple places.