Author: pekka.klarck
Date: Tue Apr 7 14:16:37 2009
New Revision: 1734
Modified:
trunk/src/robot/libraries/Collections.py
Log:
uptated general doc a bit
Modified: trunk/src/robot/libraries/Collections.py
==============================================================================
--- trunk/src/robot/libraries/Collections.py (original)
+++ trunk/src/robot/libraries/Collections.py Tue Apr 7 14:16:37 2009
@@ -590,10 +590,14 @@
class Collections(_List, _Dictionary):
- """A library providing keywords for handling Python lists and
dictionaries.
+ """A library providing keywords for handling lists and dictionaries.
- List keywords that do not alter the given list can also be used
- with tuples, and to some extend also with other iterables.
+ Collections is Robot Framework's standard library that provides a
+ set of keywords for handling Python lists and dictionaries. This
+ library has keywords, for example, for modifying and getting
+ values from lists and dictionaries (e.g. `Append To List`, `Get
+ From Dictionary`) and for verifying their contents (e.g. `Lists
+ Should Be Equal`, `Dictionary Should Contain Value`).
Following keywords from the BuiltIn library can also be used with
lists and dictionaries:
@@ -615,6 +619,11 @@
'@' with '$'. With earlier versions, list variables must be
converted to scalar variables first.
+ List keywords that do not alter the given list can also be used
+ with tuples, and to some extend also with other iterables.
+ `Convert To List` can be used to convert tuples and other iterables
+ to lists.
+
-------
List related keywords use variables in format ${Lx} in their examples,
