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+DOCUMENTATION:
+ name: difference
+ author: Brian Coca (@bcoca)
+ version_added: "1.4"
+ short_description: the difference of one list from another
+ description:
+ - Provide a unique list of all the elements of the first list that do not appear in the second one.
+ options:
+ _input:
+ description: A list.
+ type: list
+ required: true
+ _second_list:
+ description: A list.
+ type: list
+ required: true
+ seealso:
+ - plugin_type: filter
+ plugin: ansible.builtin.intersect
+ - plugin_type: filter
+ plugin: ansible.builtin.symmetric_difference
+ - plugin_type: filter
+ plugin: ansible.builtin.union
+ - plugin_type: filter
+ plugin: ansible.builtin.unique
+EXAMPLES: |
+ # return the elements of list1 not in list2
+ # list1: [1, 2, 5, 1, 3, 4, 10]
+ # list2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 99]
+ {{ list1 | difference(list2) }}
+ # => [10]
+RETURN:
+ _value:
+ description: A unique list of the elements from the first list that do not appear on the second.
+ type: list