Get Type in Robot Framework

Question

Could you tell me about how to get the variable type in Robot Framework.

${ABC}  Set Variable    Test
${XYZ}  Set Variable    1233

Remark: Get the variable Type such as string, int

get ${ABC} type = string

get ${XYZ} type = int

Solution 1

This is what I use:

${type} =    Evaluate    type($temp).__name__

Note: it's good to have global string/int/float/list/dict/... examples for comparison than hard-coding the type values as they might differ depending on build.

Solution 2

You can do e.g. this: ${type_ABC} Evaluate type($ABC)

Comments

[Jan Kovařík]

Did you consider to accept/upvote the answer if it was useful for you? Of course you can try to wait for better one :)

[Russell Smith]

Did you actually try your own example? I think the answer might surprise you for ${XYZ}

[Jan Kovařík]

Yes, I tried. It gives also 'str' as for ${ABC}. If you assign to ${XYZ} e.g. Evaluate 1233, you'll get 'int'. Am I wrong? I'll be more than happy if you could provide deeper explanation.

[A. Kootstra]

If you want to ensure that a variable is set as a Integer there is a different way of assigning it: ${XYZ} Set Variable ${1233} note the ${1233} will then result into a different log entry: INFO : ${type_XYZ} = <type 'int'>

[Jan Kovařík]

Thanks @A.Kootstra