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Variables

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System variables ​

VariableExplanation
${CURDIR}An absolute path to the directory where the test data file is located.
${TEMPDIR}An absolute path to the system temporary directory.
${EXECDIR}An absolute path to the directory where test execution was started from.
${/}The system directory path separator. / in UNIX-like systems and \ in Windows.
${:}The system path element separator. : in UNIX-like systems and ; in Windows.
${\n}The system line separator. \n in UNIX-like systems and \r\n in Windows.

Script variables ​

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*** Variables ***
${STRING} =        cat
${NUMBER} =        ${1}
${BOOLEAN} =       ${True}
@{LIST} =          one    two    three
&{DICTIONARY} =    string=${STRING}    number=${NUMBER}    list=@{LIST}
${ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE} =    %{PATH=Default value}

Assignment ​

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*** Keywords ***
Assign String To Variable
    ${variable_name} =    Set Variable    Hello, world!
    ${variable_name} =    Some Keyword

Extended variable syntax ​

External documentation

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*** Keywords ***
Remove Whitespaces From Variable
    Log    ${myvar.strip()}