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Collection Note

This module is part of the ansible.builtin collection. To install the collection, use:

ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.builtin

Added in version 1.9.

Synopsis

• Math operation that returns the Nth root of inputted number C(X ^^ N).

Parameters

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
_input float required		Number to operate on.
base float	Default: 2	Which root to take.

Examples

# => 8
fiveroot: "{{ 32768 | root(5) }}"

# 2
sqrt_of_2: "{{ 4 | root }}"

# me ^^ 3
cuberoot_me: "{{ me | root(3) }}"

Return Values

Key	Data Type	Description	Returned
_value	float	Resulting number.