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ArunGahlawat
ArunGahlawat

Reputation: 88

Not able to access dictionary inside list which is again inside dictionary in robot framework

I want to get value of item a The structure is like

${dict1}  Create Dictionary  a=1  b=2
${dict2}  Create Dictionary  x=1  y=2
${list1}  Create List  ${dict1}  ${dict2}
${master_dict}  Create Dictionary  payload=${list1}

Now I know, I can use below logic to access items indirectly

${dict}  Get From List  &{master_dict}[payload]  0
${item}  Set Variable  &{dict}[a]

But I want to know, is there a direct way to access it. I have already tried

${item}  Set Variable  &{master_dict.payload[0]}[a]

and

${item}  Set Variable  @{master_dict.payload[0]}[a]

Upvotes: 2

Views: 66

Answers (1)

Bryan Oakley
Bryan Oakley

Reputation: 385970

When using robot's extended variable syntax you have to remember that what you provide must be valid python. In your case that means that payload needs to be "payload", and a needs to be "a" (or the single-quote equivalent).

If you were doing this in python code, it would look like this:

item = master_dict['payload'][0]['a']

Therefore, from within robot, everything inside the curly braces needs to look the same. For example:

${item}=  set variable  ${master_dict['payload'][0]['a']}

You can also treat the value as a dictionary and move the last part outside of the curly braces, in which case you only need quotes inside the curly brace.

${item}=  set variable  &{master_dict['payload'][0]}[a]

Upvotes: 2

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