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# community.routeros.list_to_dict filter – Convert a list of arguments to a dictionary

Note

This filter plugin is part of the community.routeros collection (version 2.19.0).

It is not included in `ansible-core`. To check whether it is installed, run `ansible-galaxy collection list`.

To install it, use: `ansible-galaxy collection install community.routeros`.

To use it in a playbook, specify: `community.routeros.list_to_dict`.

New in community.routeros 2.0.0

## Synopsis

- Convert a list of arguments to a dictionary.

## Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before `| community.routeros.list_to_dict`.

Parameter | Comments
--- | ---
Input list / elements=string / required | A list of assignments. Can be the result of the community.routeros.split filter.

## Keyword parameters

This describes keyword parameters of the filter. These are the values `key1=value1`, `key2=value2` and so on in the following example: `input | community.routeros.list_to_dict(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)`

Parameter | Comments
--- | ---
require_assignment boolean | Allows to accept arguments without values when set to `false`. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)
skip_empty_values boolean | Allows to skip arguments whose value is empty when set to `true`. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`

## Examples

    - name: Convert a list to a dictionary
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        dictionary: "{{ ['foo=bar', 'comment=foo is bar'] | community.routeros.list_to_dict }}"
        # dictionary == {'foo': 'bar', 'comment': 'foo is bar'}

## Return Value

Key | Description
--- | ---
Return value dictionary | A dictionary representation of the input data. Returned: success

### Authors

- Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.

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