DOCUMENTATION: name: intersect author: Brian Coca (@bcoca) version_added: "1.4" short_description: intersection of lists description: - Provide a list with the common elements from other lists. 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.difference - plugin_type: filter plugin: ansible.builtin.symmetric_difference - plugin_type: filter plugin: ansible.builtin.unique - plugin_type: filter plugin: ansible.builtin.union EXAMPLES: | # return only the common elements of list1 and list2 # list1: [1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 10] # list2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 99] {{ list1 | intersect(list2) }} # => [1, 2, 5, 3, 4] RETURN: _value: description: A list with unique elements common to both lists, also known as a set. type: list