vars/varnames more examles more varied (#84300)

also ref each other in seealso as they will commonly be used toghether

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/varnames.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/varnames.py
index 2163ce7acf..ef6159f390 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/varnames.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/varnames.py
@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
       _terms:
         description: List of Python regex patterns to search for in variable names.
         required: True
+    seealso:
+        - plugin_type: lookup
+          plugin: ansible.builtin.vars
 """
 
 EXAMPLES = """
 - name: List variables that start with qz_
-  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.varnames', '^qz_.+')}}"
+  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.varnames', '^qz_.+') }}"
   vars:
     qz_1: hello
     qz_2: world
@@ -25,13 +28,16 @@ EXAMPLES = """
     qz_: "I won't show either"
 
 - name: Show all variables
-  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.varnames', '.+')}}"
+  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.varnames', '.+') }}"
 
 - name: Show variables with 'hosts' in their names
-  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.varnames', 'hosts')}}"
+  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ q('varnames', 'hosts') }}"
 
 - name: Find several related variables that end specific way
-  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.varnames', '.+_zone$', '.+_location$') }}"
+  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ query('ansible.builtin.varnames', '.+_zone$', '.+_location$') }}"
+
+- name: display values from variables found via varnames (note "*" is used to dereference the list to a 'list of arguments')
+  debug: msg="{{ lookup('vars', *lookup('varnames', 'ansible_play_.+')) }}"
 
 """
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/vars.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/vars.py
index 14cac99c36..5e9247c6ae 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/vars.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/vars.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
         description:
             - What to return if a variable is undefined.
             - If no default is set, it will result in an error if any of the variables is undefined.
+    seealso:
+    - plugin_type: lookup
+      plugin: ansible.builtin.varnames
+
 """
 
 EXAMPLES = """
@@ -27,20 +31,23 @@ EXAMPLES = """
     myvar: ename
 
 - name: Show default empty since i dont have 'variablnotename'
-  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.vars', 'variabl' + myvar, default='')}}"
+  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.vars', 'variabl' + myvar, default='') }}"
   vars:
     variablename: hello
     myvar: notename
 
 - name: Produce an error since i dont have 'variablnotename'
-  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.vars', 'variabl' + myvar)}}"
+  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ q('vars', 'variabl' + myvar) }}"
   ignore_errors: True
   vars:
     variablename: hello
     myvar: notename
 
 - name: find several related variables
-  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.vars', 'ansible_play_hosts', 'ansible_play_batch', 'ansible_play_hosts_all') }}"
+  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ query('ansible.builtin.vars', 'ansible_play_hosts', 'ansible_play_batch', 'ansible_play_hosts_all') }}"
+
+- name: show values from variables found via varnames (note "*" is used to dereference the list to a 'list of arguments')
+  debug: msg="{{ q('vars', *q('varnames', 'ansible_play_.+')) }}"
 
 - name: Access nested variables
   ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.vars', 'variabl' + myvar).sub_var }}"