flattened - return single list completely flattened¶

New in version 1.3.

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Examples
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- Author

Synopsis ¶

given one or more lists, this lookup will flatten any list elements found recursively until only 1 list is left.

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
_terms required			lists to flatten

Notes ¶

Note

unlike ‘items’ which only flattens 1 level, this plugin will continue to flatten until it cannot find lists anymore.
aka highlander plugin, there can only be one (list).

Examples ¶

- name: "'unnest' all elements into single list"
  debug: msg="all in one list {{lookup('flattened', [1,2,3,[5,6]], [a,b,c], [[5,6,1,3], [34,a,b,c]])}}"

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this lookup:

Key	Returned	Description
_raw list		flattened list

Status ¶

Author ¶

Serge van Ginderachter <serge@vanginderachter.be>

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