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+# (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
+# (c) 2017 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = """
+    name: items
+    author: Michael DeHaan
+    version_added: historical
+    short_description: list of items
+    description:
+      - this lookup returns a list of items given to it, if any of the top level items is also a list it will flatten it, but it will not recurse
+    notes:
+      - this is the standard lookup used for loops in most examples
+      - check out the 'flattened' lookup for recursive flattening
+      - if you do not want flattening nor any other transformation look at the 'list' lookup.
+    options:
+      _terms:
+        description: list of items
+        required: True
+"""
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+- name: "loop through list"
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "An item: {{ item }}"
+  with_items:
+    - 1
+    - 2
+    - 3
+
+- name: add several users
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    groups: "wheel"
+    state: present
+  with_items:
+     - testuser1
+     - testuser2
+
+- name: "loop through list from a variable"
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "An item: {{ item }}"
+  with_items: "{{ somelist }}"
+
+- name: more complex items to add several users
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    uid: "{{ item.uid }}"
+    groups: "{{ item.groups }}"
+    state: present
+  with_items:
+     - { name: testuser1, uid: 1002, groups: "wheel, staff" }
+     - { name: testuser2, uid: 1003, groups: staff }
+
+"""
+
+RETURN = """
+  _raw:
+    description:
+      - once flattened list
+    type: list
+"""
+
+from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
+
+
+class LookupModule(LookupBase):
+
+    def run(self, terms, **kwargs):
+
+        return self._flatten(terms)