I'd need to see how you defined test previously to know for sure, but it
seems like it was a list of strings and that would have been normal I think.



On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Brian Coca <brianc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> short description, list (or array)  is as it sounds, simple list of
> items, a dict or a hash is a list that uses an 'name' to locate the
> item
>
> 1, 2, 3 < = simiple list, in python/yaml/json (stuff ansible uses) it
> is normally in brackets mylist= [1,2,3], lists can be referenced by a
> number that describes the position (normally starting by 0)  mylist[1]
> would return 2
>
> a dict, hash or associative array is a special list that uses names,
> normally represented with {}
> mydict = { 'one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three', 3}, to access an item you use
> the names: mydict['two'] returns 2.
>
> in yaml starting with a '-' normally indicates a list item
> mylist:
>   - 1
>   - 2
>   - 3
>
> for dicts just ignore the - and add the name
> mydict:
>   one: 1
>   two: 2
>   three: 3
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Patrick Ansible-ML
> <ansi...@puzzled.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> >
> > Clearly I need to read more about lists, hashes and dicts. Not being a
> > developer, please stand by while I try to wrap my head around them :)
>
>
>
>
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