YAML variable without using quotes?

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I’m hitting this error:

We could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with

missing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when they

start a value. For instance:

with_items:

  • {{ foo }}

Should be written as:

with_items:

  • “{{ foo }}”

The problem is that I’m converting the YAML to JSON, and I need the value (a number) to be unquoted in the JSON.

Is there any way I can avoid this error without quoting, or is there some way to remove the quotes when it’s converted to JSON?

2

“{{foo|int}}” should return a number

3

No, I’m still seeing the value being quoted:

instances: “{{ groups[‘workers’]|count|int }}”
becomes:
“instances”: “3”,

4

what version of ansible?

5

ansible 1.9.0.1

6

that is a bug in that version, it should work on 2.0 and above

7

I’m still seeing the same issue on Ansible 2.0.0.2.

8

Brian, can you point me to the commit that should be fixing this bug?

Thanks!

9

I’m still seeing a repro of the bug. Is this the commit you’re referring to?
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/10465

For this bug?
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/9362