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Mastering Ansible, Second Edition

You're reading from   Mastering Ansible, Second Edition Master the ins and outs of advanced operations with Ansible

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787125681
Length 310 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Comparing values

Comparisons are used in many places with Ansible. Task conditionals are comparisons. Jinja2 control structures often use comparisons. Some filters use comparisons, as well. To master Ansible's usage of Jinja2, it is important to understand which comparisons are available.

Comparisons

Like most languages, Jinja2 comes equipped with the standard set of comparison expressions you would expect, which will render a Boolean true or false.

The expressions in Jinja2 are as follows:

Expression

Definition

==

Compares two objects for equality

!=

Compares two objects for inequality

>

True if the left-hand side is greater than the right-hand side

<

True if the left-hand side is less than the right- hand side

>=

True if the left-hand side is greater than or equal to the right-hand side

<=

True if the left-hand side is less than or equal to the right-hand side

Logic

Logic helps group two or more comparisons together. Each comparison is referred to...

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