What is wrong with this jinja variable assignment?

Question

My code:

 {%- set my_dict = {} %}
 {%- set my_dict['my_key'] = grains['id'] %}

Error message:

SaltRenderError: Jinja syntax error: expected token 'end of statement block', got '['; line x

this worked: {%- do my_dict.update({'my_key': grains['id']}) %} — carlfilip92, Sep 10 '19 at 13:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 10 '19 at 12:47

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Based on this answer, try this:

{%- set my_dict = {} %}
{%- set x=my_dict.__setitem__('my_key', grains['id']) %}

You can disregard the 'x' variable and keep using the dictionary.

answered Sep 10 '19 at 12:47

Ahndwoo

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