code: def _get_vars(self):
          ''' load the vars section from a play, accounting for all sorts of variable features
          including loading from yaml files, prompting, and conditional includes of the first
          file found in a list. '''
          if self.vars is None:
              self.vars = {}
          if type(self.vars) not in [dict, list]:
              raise errors.AnsibleError("'vars' section must contain only key/value pairs")
          vars = {}
          if type(self.vars) == list:
              for item in self.vars:
                  if getattr(item, 'items', None) is None:
                      raise errors.AnsibleError("expecting a key-value pair in 'vars' section")
                  k, v = item.items()[0]
                  vars[k] = v
          else:
              vars.update(self.vars)
          if type(self.playbook.extra_vars) == dict:
              vars.update(self.playbook.extra_vars)
          if type(self.vars_prompt) == list:
              for var in self.vars_prompt:
                  if not 'name' in var:
                      raise errors.AnsibleError("'vars_prompt' item is missing 'name:'")
                  vname = var['name']
                  prompt = var.get("prompt", vname)
                  default = var.get("default", None)
                  private = var.get("private", True)
                  confirm = var.get("confirm", False)
                  encrypt = var.get("encrypt", None)
                  salt_size = var.get("salt_size", None)
                  salt = var.get("salt", None)
                  if vname not in self.playbook.extra_vars:
                      vars[vname] = self.playbook.callbacks.on_vars_prompt (
                                       vname, private, prompt, encrypt, confirm, salt_size, salt, default
                                    )
          elif type(self.vars_prompt) == dict:
              for (vname, prompt) in self.vars_prompt.iteritems():
                  prompt_msg = "%s: " % prompt
                  if vname not in self.playbook.extra_vars:
                      vars[vname] = self.playbook.callbacks.on_vars_prompt(
                                       varname=vname, private=False, prompt=prompt_msg, default=None
                                    )
          else:
              raise errors.AnsibleError("'vars_prompt' section is malformed, see docs")
          results = self.playbook.extra_vars.copy()
          results.update(vars)
          return results