from ecflow import Defs,Suite,Variable,Edit

defs = Defs()
s1 = defs.add_suite("s1") 
s1.add_variable("HELLO","world") # name, value
s1.add_variable({ "NAME":"value", "NAME2":"value2", "NAME3":"value3", "NAME4":4 }  )
s1.add_variable(Variable("FRED","bloggs"))
s1.add_variable(Variable("BILL","1"))

The following examples show alternative styles that produce the same definition:


defs = Defs().add(
        Suite("s1").add(
          Edit(HELLO="world", FRED="bloggs",BILL=1,
               NAME="value", NAME2="value2",
               NAME3="value3",NAME4=4)))



 defs = Defs() + Suite("s1")
 defs.s1 += { "HELLO":"world", "NAME":"value",
              "NAME2":"value2","NAME3":"value3", "NAME4":4,
              "BILL":1, "FRED":"bloggs" }  



 defs = Defs() + Suite("s1")
 defs.s1 += [ Edit(HELLO="world"),
              Edit({ "NAME":"value", "NAME2":"value2", 
                     "NAME3":"value3", "NAME4":4 }, 
                     BILL=1),
              Edit(FRED="bloggs")]


Note: that although we are using class Edit as a short cut, the objects that are added are still of type Variable.