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Documentation for query/q. Fixes #38275 (#38558)

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@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ To loop over a dict, use the ``dict2items`` :ref:`dict_filter`::
- name: create a tag dictionary of non-empty tags
set_fact:
tags_dict: "{{ (tags_dict|default({}))|combine({item.key: item.value}) }}"
with_items: "{{ tags|dict2items }}"
loop: "{{ tags|dict2items }}"
vars:
tags:
Environment: dev
@ -105,10 +105,27 @@ For example, using the 'nested' lookup, you can combine lists::
priv: "{{ item[1] }}.*:ALL"
append_privs: yes
password: "foo"
loop: "{{ lookup('nested', [ 'alice', 'bob' ], [ 'clientdb', 'employeedb', 'providerdb' ]) }}"
loop: "{{ query('nested', [ 'alice', 'bob' ], [ 'clientdb', 'employeedb', 'providerdb' ]) }}"
.. note:: ``with_`` loops are actually a combination of things ``with_`` + ``lookup()``, even ``items`` is a lookup. ``loop`` can be used in the same way as shown above.
Using lookup vs query with loop
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In Ansible 2.5 a new jinja2 function was introduced named :ref:`query`, that offers several benefits over ``lookup`` when using the new ``loop`` keyword.
This is described more in the lookup documentation, however, ``query`` provides a more simple interface and a more predictable output from lookup plugins, ensuring better compatibility with ``loop``.
In certain situations the ``lookup`` function may not return a list which ``loop`` requires.
The following invocations are equivalent, using ``wantlist=True`` with ``lookup`` to ensure a return type of a list::
loop: "{{ query('nested', ['alice', 'bob'], ['clientdb', 'employeedb', 'providerdb']) }}"
loop: "{{ lookup('nested', ['alice', 'bob'], ['clientdb', 'employeedb', 'providerdb'], wantlist=True) }}"
.. _do_until_loops:
Do-Until Loops
@ -224,12 +241,12 @@ There is also a specific lookup plugin ``inventory_hostnames`` that can be used
# show all the hosts in the inventory
- debug:
msg: "{{ item }}"
loop: "{{ lookup('inventory_hostnames', 'all') }}"
loop: "{{ query('inventory_hostnames', 'all') }}"
# show all the hosts matching the pattern, ie all but the group www
- debug:
msg: "{{ item }}"
loop: "{{ lookup('inventory_hostnames', 'all!www') }}"
loop: "{{ query('inventory_hostnames', 'all!www') }}"
More information on the patterns can be found on :doc:`intro_patterns`