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2.1. Lists

Goal

  • Create a new test suite named 02-Classroom, which has a suite named 01-Lists.
  • Store multiple names in a suite variable. Examples: Jane Doe and John Doe.
  • Create a new keyword named Print Multiple Names which takes a list of names and logs them to console.

Solution

Hints

You can iterate through elements of a list by using FOR loop.

Click here to learn more about FOR loops.

The old syntax of FOR loop is deprecated since Robot Framework 3.2 and it will be removed in 4.0.

Solution: tests/02-classroom/resources/lists.resource
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*** Keywords ***
Print Multiple Names
    [Arguments]    ${multiple_names}
    Log To Console    ${\n}    no_newline=True
    FOR    ${name}    IN    @{multiple_names}
        Log To Console    ${name}
    END
Solution: tests/02-classroom/01-lists.robot
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*** Test Cases ***
Greetings Everyone
    [Tags]    loop
    [Documentation]    This test case verifies the functionality of 'Print Multiple Names' keyword.
    Print Multiple Names    ${MULTIPLE_NAMES}

*** Settings ***
Resource    ${CURDIR}${/}resources${/}lists.resource

*** Variables ***
@{MULTIPLE_NAMES}    Jane Doe    John Doe

Results

Inside the tests folder, execute the following command to execute 02-Classroom suite.

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robot --suite 02-classroom .

The output should be something like this:

==============================================================================
02-Classroom                                                                  
==============================================================================
02-Classroom.01-Lists                                                         
==============================================================================
Greetings Everyone :: This test case verifies the functionality of... 
Jane Doe
John Doe
Greetings Everyone :: This test case verifies the functionality of... | PASS |

You can check the generated log.html file to see how your test cases worked.

Last update: June 22, 2020