Revision: 3dc73536ab32
Branch:   default
Author:   Pekka Klärck
Date:     Sat Jun 14 22:13:18 2014 UTC
Log:      UG: Added not that vars are not resolved in vars from var files.

Update issue 1722
Status: Done
Owner: pekka.klarck
Added a note about this.
http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/source/detail?r=3dc73536ab32

Modified:
 /doc/userguide/RobotFrameworkUserGuide.html
 /doc/userguide/src/CreatingTestData/ResourceAndVariableFiles.rst

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--- /doc/userguide/RobotFrameworkUserGuide.html Sat Jun 14 21:56:12 2014 UTC
+++ /doc/userguide/RobotFrameworkUserGuide.html Sat Jun 14 22:13:18 2014 UTC
@@ -8745,6 +8745,14 @@
 </tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
+<div class="note">
+<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
+<p class="last">Variables are not replaced in strings got from variable files. +For example, <span class="code">VAR = &quot;an ${example}&quot;</span> would create
+variable <span class="var">${VAR}</span> with a literal string value
+<span class="var">an ${example}</span> regardless would variable <span class="var">${example}</span>
+exist or not.</p>
+</div>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="using-objects-as-values">
 <h5>Using objects as values</h5>
@@ -17967,7 +17975,7 @@
 <div class="footer">
 <hr class="footer" />
<p>Generated by <a class="reference external" href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html";>reStructuredText</a>. Syntax highlighting by <a class="reference external" href="http://pygments.org/";>Pygments</a>.</p>
-<p>Generated on: 2014-06-14 21:46 UTC.
+<p>Generated on: 2014-06-14 22:09 UTC.
 </p>

 </div>
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--- /doc/userguide/src/CreatingTestData/ResourceAndVariableFiles.rst Tue Nov 19 15:16:52 2013 UTC +++ /doc/userguide/src/CreatingTestData/ResourceAndVariableFiles.rst Sat Jun 14 22:13:18 2014 UTC
@@ -274,6 +274,12 @@
@{MIXED} first value ${-1.1} ${None} ${True} =================== ==================== ========== ========= =========

+.. note:: Variables are not replaced in strings got from variable files.
+          For example, :code:`VAR = "an ${example}"` would create
+          variable :var:`${VAR}` with a literal string value
+          :var:`an ${example}` regardless would variable :var:`${example}`
+          exist or not.
+
 Using objects as values
 ```````````````````````

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