community.general.dict filter – Convert a list of tuples into a dictionary
Note
This filter plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.4).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible
package.
It is not included in ansible-core
.
To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list
.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.dict
.
New in community.general 3.0.0
Synopsis
Convert a list of tuples into a dictionary. This is a filter version of the
dict
function.
Input
This describes the input of the filter, the value before | community.general.dict
.
Parameter |
Comments |
---|---|
A list of tuples (with exactly two elements). |
Examples
- name: Convert list of tuples into dictionary
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
dictionary: "{{ [[1, 2], ['a', 'b']] | community.general.dict }}"
# Result is {1: 2, 'a': 'b'}
- name: Create a list of dictionaries with map and the community.general.dict filter
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: >-
{{ values | map('zip', ['k1', 'k2', 'k3'])
| map('map', 'reverse')
| map('community.general.dict') }}
vars:
values:
- - foo
- 23
- a
- - bar
- 42
- b
# Produces the following list of dictionaries:
# {
# "k1": "foo",
# "k2": 23,
# "k3": "a"
# },
# {
# "k1": "bar",
# "k2": 42,
# "k3": "b"
# }
Return Value
Key |
Description |
---|---|
The dictionary having the provided key-value pairs. Returned: success |