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permutations

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 historical.

Synopsis

  • Create a list of the permutations of lists from the elements of a list.
  • Unlike combinations, in permutations order is significant.

Parameters

Parameter Defaults / Choices Comments
_input
list
required		 Elements to base the permutations on.
list_size
int
required		 The size of the list for each permutation.

Examples

# ptrs_of_two => [ [ 1, 2 ], [ 1, 3 ], [ 1, 4 ], [ 1, 5 ], [ 2, 1 ], [ 2, 3 ], [ 2, 4 ], [ 2, 5 ], [ 3, 1 ], [ 3, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ], [ 3, 5 ], [ 4, 1 ], [ 4, 2 ], [ 4, 3 ], [ 4, 5 ], [ 5, 1 ], [ 5, 2 ], [ 5, 3 ], [ 5, 4 ] ]
prts_of_two:  "{{ [1,2,3,4,5] | permutations(2) }}"

Return Values

Key Data Type Description Returned
_value list List of permutations lists resulting from the supplied elements and list size.