DOCUMENTATION: name: match author: Ansible Core short_description: Does string match regular expression from the start description: - Compare string against regular expression using Python's match function, this means the regex is automatically anchored at the start of the string. options: _input: description: String to match. type: string required: True pattern: description: Regex to match against. type: string required: True ignorecase: description: Use case insenstive matching. type: boolean default: False multiline: description: Match against mulitple lines in string. type: boolean default: False EXAMPLES: | url: "https://example.com/users/foo/resources/bar" foundmatch: url is match("https://example.com/users/.*/resources") nomatch: url is match("/users/.*/resources") RETURN: _value: description: Returns C(True) if there is a match, C(False) otherwise. type: boolean