DOCUMENTATION: name: contains author: Ansible Core version_added: "2.4" short_description: does the list contain this element description: - Checks the supplied element against the input list to see if it exists within it. options: _input: description: List of elements to compare. type: list elements: raw required: True _contained: description: Element to test for. type: raw required: True EXAMPLES: | # simple expression {{ listofthings is contains('this') }} # as a selector - action: module=doessomething when: lacp_groups|selectattr('interfaces', 'contains', 'em1')|first).master vars: lacp_groups: - master: lacp0 network: 10.65.100.0/24 gateway: 10.65.100.1 dns4: - 10.65.100.10 - 10.65.100.11 interfaces: - em1 - em2 - master: lacp1 network: 10.65.120.0/24 gateway: 10.65.120.1 dns4: - 10.65.100.10 - 10.65.100.11 interfaces: - em3 - em4 RETURN: _value: description: Returns C(True) if the specified element is contained in the supplied sequence, C(False) otherwise. type: boolean