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scttech
scttech

Reputation: 107

Robot Framework: using if/else conditions without using keywords

In the BuiltIn library, there are a ton of "Run keyword If.." commands, but I don't want to test a condition and then run a keyword. Is it possible to use the conditional "if" or "else" without involving keywords?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6930

Answers (1)

Bryan Oakley
Bryan Oakley

Reputation: 385860

It appears you misunderstand how robot works. Everything you do in robot is with keywords. Robot framework isn't a programming language, it's a keyword driven framework. Its only purpose is to run keywords.

If you want to run click element based on a condition, you do it with run keyword if since click element is itself a keyword.

For example:

*** Test Cases ***
Examples
    Run keyword if  '${PO_Dictionary.ExistingMember}' == 'Yes'
    ...  Click Element  ${EXISTING_MEMBER_YES_RADIO}
    ...  ELSE
    ...  Click Element ${EXISTING_MEMBER_NO_RADIO}

Unfortunately, running multiple commands in an if statement is difficult. If you only want to run Input Text ${ZIP_TEXT} ${PO_Dictionary.ZipCode} in the else clause, you have to either call run keywords or create a small keyword.

For example:

*** Test Cases ***
Examples
    run keyword if  '${PO_Dictionary.ExistingMember}' == 'Yes'
    ...  Click Element  ${EXISTING_MEMBER_YES_RADIO}
    ...  ELSE  Run keywords
    ...  Click Element ${EXISTING_MEMBER_NO_RADIO}
    ...  AND  Input Text ${ZIP_TEXT} ${PO_Dictionary.ZipCode}

Upvotes: 3

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