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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
characters. If your variable contains dots (.), colons (:), or dashes (-) it is
safer to use the array notation for variables.
characters. If your variable contains dots (.), colons (:), or dashes (-), if
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