From 45b961243b26188872ac5355fdcb61eae5d512a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Coca Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:04:32 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] added note about loops being lookups --- docsite/rst/playbooks_loops.rst | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docsite/rst/playbooks_loops.rst b/docsite/rst/playbooks_loops.rst index 383bc481a3..b584bce9ff 100644 --- a/docsite/rst/playbooks_loops.rst +++ b/docsite/rst/playbooks_loops.rst @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ If you have a list of hashes, you can reference subkeys using things like:: Also be aware that when combining `when` with `with_items` (or any other loop statement), the `when` statement is processed separately for each item. See :ref:`the_when_statement` for an example. +Loops are actually a combination of things `with_` + `lookup()`, so any lookup plugin can be used as a source for a loop, 'items' is lookup. + .. _nested_loops: Nested Loops