Ansible loop multiple tasks [closed]

How to loop in ansible block which has multiple tasks? I mean can we loop items to multiple tasks without creating or using include_tasks, include module? Basically, I don't want to create multiple YAML files to do this.

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'with_items' and 'loop' is not a valid attribute for a Block. but you can achieve this task using include.

here is the example.

I have one print.yml play which prints the message:

$ cat print.yml
- name: print name
debug: msg={{ item }}

$cat test.yml
---
- hosts: 127.0.0.1
connection: local
tasks:
- include: print.yml
with_items:
- 1
- 2
- 3
- include: print.yml
with_items:
- a
- b
- c
$ansible-playbook test.yml

PLAY [127.0.0.1] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [include] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
included: /home/ankur/stackoverflow/print.yml for localhost
included: /home/ankur/stackoverflow/print.yml for localhost
included: /home/ankur/stackoverflow/print.yml for localhost

TASK [print name] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"msg": 1
}

TASK [print name] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"msg": 2
}

TASK [print name] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"msg": 3
}

TASK [include] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
included: /home/ankur/stackoverflow/print.yml for localhost
included: /home/ankur/stackoverflow/print.yml for localhost
included: /home/ankur/stackoverflow/print.yml for localhost

TASK [print name] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"msg": "a"
}

TASK [print name] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"msg": "b"
}

TASK [print name] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"msg": "c"
}

PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=13 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0


print.yml

test.yml

loop_over_block.yml