Ansible syntax for regex_search using variable to match

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What is the syntax within the regex_search() to match against a variable?

For below, vcsourcekit = 10, I want to match regex ^10. It doesn't evaluate the variable, rather interprets literally.

- name: Do something awesome
  vmware_guest:
  hostname: "{{ vcenterhostname }}"
  ...

 when:
      - item.key | regex_search('^(vcsourcekit)')
 with_dict: "{{ vmfacts.virtual_machines }}"

Thanks!

Best Answer

Not the most beautiful thing but this works:

- item.key | regex_search('^' + vcsourcekit | string)

Without the cast to string, I get a cannot concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects on ansible 2.2.0.0 and I don't have time to update just now.

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