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Extends 'which notation should I use' section in FAQ (#43729)

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* Extends 'which notation should I use' section in FAQ
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Christopher Torgalson 2018-08-30 22:47:39 +02:00 committed by Alicia Cozine
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@ -452,8 +452,10 @@ Ansible supports dot notation and array notation for variables. Which notation s
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The dot notation comes from Jinja and works fine for variables without special The dot notation comes from Jinja and works fine for variables without special
characters. If your variable contains dots (.), colons (:), or dashes (-) it is characters. If your variable contains dots (.), colons (:), or dashes (-), if
safer to use the array notation for variables. a key begins and ends with two underscores, or if a key uses any of the known
public attributes, it is safer to use the array notation. See :ref:`playbooks_variables`
for a list of the known public attributes.
.. code-block:: jinja .. code-block:: jinja