Recursive Processing of a List

Hi,

It is not very clear what are you trying to do so I would assume, according to my understanding, that you have multiple text boxes and you want to populate each one of them with the the items from you list in the following fashion:

1. Paste the first item in list into all text boxes
2. Paste the second item in list into all text boxes
3. ..
4. Stop when there are no more items in the list

So if that's true, you can do something like that:

lst = [apple, orange, grape, banana] #define a list

for item in lst:
    for textBox in findAll(<img>):
        type(item)

Take a look at that and see if that answers your question. Feel free to ask if I got you wrong or if something is unclear.

Regards,
Eugene

Eugene S, thanks so much for the reply!

You have correctly read through my muddy description and understood it correctly! :)

I want to try your code, as it seems that it's very close to what I need. The one thing that is different is that all the text boxes will be different. Here's the whole scenario:

I've got a piece of software that's used in the Postal Industry. I need to print out a large number of 3 different reports, but the way software works, I have to manually enter the query name into each of three different pop-up boxes that appear during the processing.

Manually, it would require me to initiate the report process and then, as the boxes pop up, enter the same data in each and click "OK". When that report finishes, I have to re-initiate the report process and enter the next query name in each box as it pops up and click "OK". And again, and again, and again... ad nausuem.

SO.... I figured I'd go through the process one time, taking images of each of the slightly different pop-ups. Then have Sikuli do the work of initiating the process, entering the data in the pop ups (and clicking "OK" to each), and then re-initiating for the next report. I know I can get the rest of it working easily with just the basic Sikuli IDE buttons, but am was lost when it came to creating a list of variables and having Sikuli work through them recursively.

I see how your example would work if I had a static set boxes all at once, but I've got to do one, then wait for the next and paste (or type) in that one and wait again.

Thoughts? And THANKS!

Joe

Hi Joe,

Happy that helps.

So if your text boxes are different you can try that:
1. Create and save the images for all 3 text boxes (I will call them "textbox1.png", "textbox2.png" and "textbox3.png")
2. Create a new list consisting of these images:
    textBoxList = ["textbox1.png", "textbox2.png", "textbox3.png"]
3. Run the loop:

    textBoxList = ["textbox1.png", "textbox2.png", "textbox3.png"]
    lst = [apple, orange, grape, banana] #define a list

    for item in lst: # For each item in the lst
        for text in textBoxList: #Do that for each text box
            click(item) #assuming that you have to click on the actual text box before you start input
            type(text)

Make sure that Sikuli has access to the images you save. To do that you might want to take a look at "setBundlePath()". You can find more details about it here:

http://doc.sikuli.org/globals.html#setBundlePath

It lets you set the path for searching images in all Sikuli Script methods.

Cheers,
Eugene

Eugene,

I'm sorry I've taken so long. Work pulled me under water. :(

I hope to start testing this week, and will be back in touch.

Continued gratitude!

Joe

Well, I tried some different things with your help, but I've failed. :(

This is the closest I've managed to get (down below), but it almost immediately halts with the following error when I want it to type the first item in the list:

[error] script [ *Untitled ] stopped with error in line 6
[error] TypeError ( type(): 1st arg can't be coerced to String )

What I'm trying to do is have it loop through the lst, and use the same item in the lst for all the type(text) and then have it loop back through again.

Scratching my head and feeling dumb,

Joe

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lst = ["Batch - Allegany Ballot Sytle 1", "Batch - Allegany Ballot Sytle 3", "Batch - Allegany Ballot Sytle 4", "Batch - Allegany Ballot Sytle 6"]
for item in lst:
        click("1400538997860.png")
        click("1400539015092.png")
        wait("1400539035645.png")
        type(text)
        click("1400539361509.png")
        wait("1400539035645.png")
        type(text)
        click("1400539361509.png")
        wait("1400539035645.png")
        type(text)
        click("1400539361509.png")
        wait("1400539035645.png")
        type(text)
        click("1400539361509.png")
        wait("1400539035645.png")
        type(text)
        click("1400539361509.png")
        wait("1400539035645.png")
        type(text)
        click("1400539361509.png")

Thanks RaiMan, that solved my question.

MANY thanks to both Eugene S and RaiMan! You have no idea how much easier your help has made my life. On this project alone, I'll probably save 20 hours of click and paste drudgery! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Your feedback makes us happy and keeps us motivated.

Thanks.