# Zeros are truncated from strings. #10281 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [December 13, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/zeros-are-truncated-from-strings-10281/31817 "2019-12-13T13:40:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dylan\_Humphreys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@Dylan\_Humphreys](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dylan_Humphreys)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/zeros-are-truncated-from-strings-10281/31817/1 "2019-12-13T13:40:55Z")
Im getting that bug happen to me, but Im on 2.9.2 ` % dpkg -l ansible Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold ---
**Author:** ![cassell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@cassell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cassell)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/zeros-are-truncated-from-strings-10281/31817/2 "2019-12-13T13:47:18Z")
> Im getting that bug happen to me, but Im on 2.9.2 > > ` > % dpkg -l ansible > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > > \> Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend > > \>/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > > \>\>/ Name Version Architecture Description > > +++-=============================================================-===================================-===================================-================================================================================================================================ > > ii ansible 2.9.2-1ppa~xenial all Ansible IT Automation > > ` > > The code in question: > ` > msg: "/usr/lib/postgresql-{{ postgresqlversion }}/bin/pg\_dump -h > /run/postgresql/{{ postgresqlversion }} -C --clean {{ dbname }}| > /usr/bin/pigz \> {{ dbbackuplocation }}/{{ oldversion }}\_{{ dbname }}\_{{ > dbbackups.matched }}.sql.gz" > ` > > In the above, oldscmversion is: > > ` > % cat vars/demo-scmversion.yml > > oldversion: 19.10 > ` You need to make it a string by quoting it; otherwise it's treated as a floating point number. This is yaml behavior. V/r, James Cassell ---
**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/zeros-are-truncated-from-strings-10281/31817/3 "2019-12-13T13:47:23Z")
> Im getting that bug happen to me, but Im on 2.9.2 > > \> > %dpkg -l ansible > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > > \>Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend > > \>/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err:uppercase=bad) > > \>\>/Name Version Architecture > Description > > +++-=============================================================-===================================-===================================-================================================================================================================================ > > ii ansible 2.9.2-1ppa~xenial all > AnsibleIT Automation > > \> > > The code in question: > \> > msg:"/usr/lib/postgresql-{{ postgresqlversion }}/bin/pg\_dump -h /run/postgresql/{{ postgresqlversion }} -C --clean {{ > dbname }}| /usr/bin/pigz \> {{ dbbackuplocation }}/{{ oldversion }}\_{{ dbname }}\_{{ dbbackups.matched }}.sql.gz" > \> > > In the above, oldscmversion is: > > \> > %cat vars/demo-scmversion.yml > > oldversion:19.10 > \> > > However the resulting filename for the above once rendered is "19.1" > Ill confess to not know how to find out what version of ansible that bug was actually addressed, but given it was back > in 2015, I suspect the fix referred to is in the version I am using. Can anyone help / suggest a work around? I would try to tell Ansible that I really want a string: oldversion: '19.10' Regards         Racke ---
**Author:** ![Dylan\_Humphreys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@Dylan\_Humphreys](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dylan_Humphreys)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/zeros-are-truncated-from-strings-10281/31817/4 "2019-12-13T14:33:03Z")
Thank you all for your assistance ` 141 - name: write the version to an variables file we can include in other plays 142 copy: 143 dest: “vars/{{ appname }}-version.yml” 144 content: “oldversion: ‘{{ oldversion }}’” 145 delegate\_to: localhost 146 when: 147 - existingapp.stat.exists == True ` With {{ oldversion }} in single quotes. Other things I tried including (on line 144) {{ oldversion | quote }} and {{ oldversion | string }} where in the task where Im rendering the command for the backup. e.g. ` /usr/lib/postgresql-{{ postgresqlversion }}/bin/pg\_dump -h /run/postgresql/{{ postgresqlversion }} -C --clean {{ dbname }}| /usr/bin/pigz \> {{ dbbackuplocation }}/{{ oldversion | string }}_{{ dbname }}_{{ dbbackups.matched }}.sql.gz `