Controls For each item in

This block is used to iterate over input variable and each variable element is placed into a temporary variable during given iteration.

Input variable must be iterable. For example list, dict… Even strings are iterable, however in this case, iteration is performed on each letter in a string variable.

Block XML representation

XML representation of the controls_for_each block

<xml xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  <block type="controls_for_each">
    <field name="VAR">item</field>
    <value name="LIST">
      <block type="variables_get">
        <field name="VAR">variable</field>
      </block>
    </value>
  </block>
</xml>

Example of visual representation

Block "For each item in" — Block “For each item in”

Example of block usage

Example of "For each item in" block — Example of “For each item in” block

Most common use of the block is shown in the example. For cycle checks “dst_ip”, “src_ip” and “remote_ip” keys, and if the key is found in the “item” dictionary, block “retype” performs retyping to the IP address data type.

Input data

{
  "src_ip": "192.168.1.5",
  "dst_ip": "8.8.8.8",
  "remote_ip": "1.2.3.4",
  "username": "administrator"
}

Processing result

Results of "For each item in" block — Results of “For each item in” block