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user10109375
user10109375

Reputation: 23

compare value with list of int in ansible

Want to compare values with list for int and display msg values greater than 15

  tasks:

    - name: Create a List variable and print it
      set_fact:
        Continents: ["10","20"]
    - name: set fatc
      set_fact:
         int_list: "{{ Continents|map('int')|list }}"
    - debug:
        msg: "{{greater than 15}}"
      when: "{{int_list}}" > 15

Getting error as below:

The offending line appears to be:

        msg: "{{ list }}"
      when: "{{int_list}}" > 15
                             ^ here
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 }}"

Expected Output:

greater than 15

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1206

Answers (2)

ayuuk ja'ay
ayuuk ja'ay

Reputation: 384

You can achieve the same with two tasks. Change your list to integers. Make the debug task to loop through the Continents variable.

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: Create a variable with a list of integers
      set_fact:
        Continents: [10, 20]

    - debug:
        msg: "greater than 15"
      loop: "{{ Continents }}"
      when: item > 15  ##item becomes each value of the Continents variable. So, 10, 20 and so on.

Gives:

skipping: [localhost] => (item=10)
ok: [localhost] => (item=20) => {
     "msg": "greater than 15"
}

Upvotes: 0

larsks
larsks

Reputation: 311978

If your goal is to show only those integers in the list that are greater than 15, you can use the select filter:

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:

    - name: Create a list of integers
      set_fact:
        int_list: [10, 20]

    - name: Find integers greater than 15
      debug:
        msg: "{{ item }}"
      loop: "{{ int_list | select('>', 15) }}"

The output of this playbook is:

PLAY [localhost] ***************************************************************

TASK [Create a list of integers] ***********************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Find integers greater than 15] *******************************************
ok: [localhost] => (item=20) => {
    "msg": 20
}

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

Upvotes: 3

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