Help with DICT of LISTS

Robot Framework
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I’m trying to create a DICT of LISTs, but not getting the sigils and syntax right yet. For example a DICT of FRIENDS, with each element being a CITY with a list of friends in it.

friends = { 
    'brescia': ["Marco", "Davide"],
    'albany':  ['Willie', 'Jim'],
    'st marys': ['Kenn'],
    'maryland': ['Pat and Patrick', 'Shannon'],
}
 
city = 'brescia'
for friend in friends[city]:
    print(friend)

So this would print “Davide” and “Marco”. How do I do that in RobotFramework?

2

Hi,

Global idea would be this, having the lists built then included in the Dict:

VAR    @{brescia}     Marco    Davide
VAR    @{albany}      Willie    Jim
VAR    @{st marys}    Kenn
VAR    @{maryland}    Pat and Patrick    Shannon
VAR    &{friends}     brescia=${brescia}    albany=${albany}    st marys=${st marys}    maryland=${maryland}

VAR    ${city}    brescia
FOR   ${friend}    IN    @{friends}[${city}]
    Log    ${friend}
END

This will log Marco and Davide :slight_smile:

Regards.
Charlie

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If for some reason, you don’t want to pre-define the lists first, you can use Inline Python evaluation as well:

*** Test Cases ***
Test Case 1
    VAR   &{friends}   
    ...    brescia=${{["Marco", "Davide"]}}
    ...    albany=${{['Willie', 'Jim']}}
    ...    st marys=${{['Kenn']}}
    ...    maryland=${{['Pat and Patrick', 'Shannon']}}
    VAR  ${city}   brescia

    FOR  ${friend}  IN  @{friends}[${city}]
        Log To Console    ${friend}
    END
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