Ansible : The loop variable 'item' is already in use - ansible

Question

I want to run a task in ansible something similar to the following.
#Task in Playbook
- name : Include tasks
block:
- name: call example.yml
include_tasks: "example.yml"
vars:
my_var: item
with_items:
- [1, 2]
# example.yml
- name: Debug.
debug:
msg:
- "my_var: {{ my_var }}"
with_inventory_hostnames:
- 'all'
I expect the output to be printing the my_var as values 1 in the first iteration and 2 in second iteration of the loop in the playbook. But instead, it is printing the hostnames
# Output
TASK [proxysql : Debug.] ************************************************************************************************
[WARNING]: The loop variable 'item' is already in use. You should set the `loop_var` value in the `loop_control` option for the task to something else to avoid variable collisions and unexpected behavior.
ok: [10.1xx.xx.xx] => (item=None) => {
"msg": [
"my_var: 10.134.34.34"
]
}
ok: [10.1xx.xx.xx] => (item=None) => {
"msg": [
"my_var: 10.123.23.23"
]
}
ok: [10.1xx.xx.xx] => (item=None) => {
"msg": [
"my_var: 10.112.12.12"
]
}
TASK [proxysql : Debug.] ************************************************************************************************
[WARNING]: The loop variable 'item' is already in use. You should set the `loop_var` value in the `loop_control` option for the task to something else to avoid variable collisions and unexpected behavior.
ok: [10.1xx.xx.xx] => (item=None) => {
"msg": [
"my_var: 10.134.34.34"
]
}
ok: [10.1xx.xx.xx] => (item=None) => {
"msg": [
"my_var: 10.123.23.23"
]
}
ok: [10.1xx.xx.xx] => (item=None) => {
"msg": [
"my_var: 10.112.12.12"
]
}
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

There are two problems:
In the playbook, tasks are included in a loop that has the loop variable name item and the included task also has a loop and
the default variable name is again item. This is why the warning
messages and to solve that use loop_control.
my_var: item assignment needs to be in format my_var: "{{ item }}" for correct assignment.
After both the corrections, playbook would look like this.
- name : Include tasks
block:
- name: call example.yml
include_tasks: "example.yml"
vars:
my_var: "{{ outer_item }}"
with_items:
- [1, 2]
loop_control:
loop_var: outer_item