DOCUMENTATION: name: flatten version_added: "2.5" short_description: flatten lists within a list description: - For a given list, take any elements that are lists and insert their elements into the parent list directly. positional: _input, levels, skip_nulls options: _input: description: First dictionary to combine. type: dict required: true levels: description: Number of recursive list depths to flatten. type: int skip_nulls: description: Skip C(null)/C(None) elements when inserting into the top list. type: bool default: true EXAMPLES: | # [1,2,3,4,5,6] flat: "{{ [1 , 2, [3, [4, 5]], 6] | flatten }}" # [1,2,3,[4,5],6] flatone: "{{ [1, 2, [3, [4, 5]], 6] | flatten(1) }}" RETURN: _value: description: The flattened list. type: list