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Ansible - Return the greatest value in array using the max filter

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max is a Jinja2 filter, used to return the largest value in an array (also known as a list). The min filter is used to return the lowest value.Let's say you are using the vars plugin to create an array of integers.

vars:
  integers: 
    - 2
    - 4
    - 3
    - 1

 

The debug module can be used to output the entire array.

- name: output the contents of the 'integers' array
  debug: 
    var: integers

 

Which should return the following.

TASK [output the contents of the 'integers' array]
ok: [server1.example.com] => {
    "integers": [
        "2"
        "4",
        "3",
        "1"
    ]
}

 

The max filter can be used to get the largest value from the array.

- name: output the max value in the 'integers' array
  debug: 
    var: integers | max

 

Which should return the following.

TASK [output the max value in the 'integers' array]
ok: [server1.example.com] => {
    "integers | max": "4"
}

 




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Comments


June 21 2021 by Ari Prince
Hello here, am new to Ansible and i would like to learn on how to filter for info. my var debug is: ok: [localhost] => { "msg": { "changed": false, "msg": "All items completed", "results": [ { "ansible_loop_var": "item", "changed": false, "datastores": [ { "accessible": true, "capacity": 4397778075648, "datastore_cluster": "DATACLUSTER", "freeSpace": 1529958367232, "maintenanceMode": "normal", "multipleHostAccess": true, "name": "store-00", i would like to extract or get the "freeSpace" value. any help or reference would nice, sorry for the post

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