Proper way to concatenate variable strings

Question

I need to create new variable from contents of other variables. Currently I\'m using something like this:

- command: echo \"{{ var1 }}-{{ var2 }}-{{ var3 }}\"
           


        

Answer 1

Good question. But I think there is no good answer which fits your criteria. The best I can think of is to use an extra vars file.

A task like this:

- include_vars: concat.yml

And in concat.yml you have your definition:

newvar: "{{ var1 }}-{{ var2 }}-{{ var3 }}"