When using the MapOfMapsFixture in a "Table" table[?] each column of the table defines a set of key-value pairs (or map or hash) and each row defines a key in such a map.
This is similar to the usage of a MapFixture as dynamic decisision table, only there each row is a map and the columns represent the keys.
The bottom row of the table should contain assignment(s) to Slim variables to store the maps.
Single map created
We create a map consisting of two nested maps.
| table:map of maps fixture | ||
| NL | EN | |
| dog | Hond | Dog |
| cat | Kat | Cat |
| $all= | ||
We check the top level map.
| script | map fixture | $all | |
| check | size of | NL | 2 |
| check | size of | EN | 2 |
| check | value | EN.dog | Dog |
We can also have the header row be included in the nested maps.
| table:map of maps fixture | ||
| code | NL | EN |
| dog | Hond | Dog |
| cat | Kat | Cat |
| $all2= | ||
We check the top level map.
| script | map fixture | $all2 | |
| check | size of | NL | 3 |
| check | size of | EN | 3 |
| check | value | EN.dog | Dog |
| check | value | EN.code | EN |
Create map per column
We define two maps, and store these in separate variables.
| table:map of maps fixture | ||
| NL | EN | |
| dog | Hond | Dog |
| cat | Kat | Cat |
| $all= | $nl= | $en= |
We check the top level map.
| script | map fixture | $all | |
| check | size of | NL | 2 |
| check | size of | EN | 2 |
| check | value | EN.dog | Dog |
We check each column's variable.
| script | map fixture | $nl | |
| check | value | dog | Hond |
| check | value | cat | Kat |
| script | map fixture | $en | |
| check | value | dog | Dog |
| check | value | cat | Cat |
Nested maps
We define two maps, containing the values from the previous table. And we don't create a variable containing entire table.
| table :map of maps fixture | ||||||||||
| NL | EN | |||||||||
| nested | $nl | $en | ||||||||
| nested2 |
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| duck | Eend | Duck | ||||||||
| Eend@example.com | Duck@example.com | |||||||||
| $nl2= | $en2= | |||||||||
We check each variable.
| script | map fixture | $nl2 | ||||||
| check | value | duck | Eend | |||||
| check | value | Eend@example.com | ||||||
| check | value | nested.cat | Kat | |||||
| show | value | nested |
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| check | value | nested2.b | 2 | |||||
| show | value | nested2 |
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| script | map fixture | $en2 | ||||||
| check | value | duck | Duck | |||||
| check | value | Duck@example.com | ||||||
| check | value | nested.cat | Cat | |||||
| show | value | nested |
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| check | value | nested2.b | 4 | |||||
| show | value | nested2 |
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We check each original variable did not change.
| script | map fixture | $nl | |
| check | value | dog | Hond |
| check | value | cat | Kat |
| script | map fixture | $en | |
| check | value | dog | Dog |
| check | value | cat | Cat |
We can choose to use nested map notation
We define two maps, and store these in variables, the default notation is that periods indicate nested maps are to be used.
| table :map of maps fixture | ||
| NL | EN | |
| dog | Hond | Dog |
| chicken.mouth | Snavel | Beak |
| chicken.legs[0] | Vleugel | Wing |
| chicken.legs[1] | Poot | Leg |
| $nl3= | $en3= | |
We check each variable.
| script | list fixture |
| display lists standard | |
| script | map fixture | $nl3 | ||||||
| check | value | dog | Hond | |||||
| check | value | chicken.legs | [Vleugel, Poot] | |||||
| check | value | chicken.legs[0] | Vleugel | |||||
| check | value | chicken.mouth | Snavel | |||||
| show | value | chicken |
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| script | map fixture | $en3 | ||||||
| check | value | dog | Dog | |||||
| check | value | chicken.legs | [Wing, Leg] | |||||
| check | value | chicken.legs[0] | Wing | |||||
| check | value | chicken.mouth | Beak | |||||
| show | value | chicken |
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We can choose NOT to use nested map notation
We define two maps, and store these in variables, we override the default so that periods are just regular parts of a key.
| table :map of maps fixture | false | |
| NL | EN | |
| dog | Hond | Dog |
| chicken.mouth | Snavel | Beak |
| chicken.legs[0] | Vleugel | Wing |
| chicken.legs[1] | Poot | Leg |
| $nl4= | $en4= | |
We check each variable.
| script | map fixture | $nl4 | |
| check | value | dog | Hond |
| check | value | chicken.legs | null |
| check | value | chicken.legs[0] | Vleugel |
| check | value | chicken.mouth | Snavel |
| check | value | chicken | null |
| script | map fixture | $en4 | |
| check | value | dog | Dog |
| check | value | chicken.legs | null |
| check | value | chicken.legs[0] | Wing |
| check | value | chicken.mouth | Beak |
| check | value | chicken | null |