Great thank you! Is there documentation somewhere on using '::' ? I've
looked everywhere...
On Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 9:40:05 AM UTC-4 Matt Martz wrote:
> All you need is to use is slicing with a step:
>
> If my variable is `verylongvariable: s1i2v3e4l5`
>
> If I want `sivel`, I'd use: {{verylongvariable[::2]}}
>
> If I want `12345`, I'd use: {{verylongvariable[1::2]}}
>
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 8:35 AM Kathy L <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I am trying to grab every other character in a very long variable, and
>> placing it in another variable. This is what I have:
>>
>> set_fact:
>> new_string: "{{ [ 0,2,4,6,8,10,12 ] | map('extract', verylongvariable)
>> }}"
>>
>> I've also tried this:
>> set_fact:
>> new_string: "{{ [ 0,2,4,6,8,10,12 ] | map('extract',
>> verylongvariable) }} | map('join', ',' | join('')) }}
>>
>> What I end up getting in the new_string is this:
>>
>> 'N', 'y', 'a', 'd'....
>>
>> What I want is:
>>
>> Nyad....
>>
>> I clearly am not understanding the join syntax. How do I use join to get
>> the new variable?
>>
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