#  Copyright 2021 Northern.tech AS
#  This file is part of CFEngine 3 - written and maintained by Northern.tech AS.
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# (COSL) may apply to this file if you as a licensee so wish it. See
# included file COSL.txt.
#+begin_src cfengine3
body common control
{
  bundlesequence => { run };
}

bundle agent run
{
  vars:
    "x"
      data => parsejson(
        '[
 { "one": "a" },
 { "two": "b" },
 { "three": "c" }
]'
      );

    # get the numeric indices of x: 0, 1, 2
    "xi" slist => getindices(x);

    # for each xi, make a variable xpiece_$(xi) so we'll have
    # xpiece_0, xpiece_1, xpiece_2. Each xpiece will have that
    # particular element of the list x.
    "xpiece_$(xi)" string => format("%S", "x[$(xi)]");

  reports:
    "$(xi): $(xpiece_$(xi))";
}

#+end_src
###############################################################################
#+begin_src example_output
#@ ```
#@ R: 0: {"one":"a"}
#@ R: 1: {"two":"b"}
#@ R: 2: {"three":"c"}
#@ ```
#+end_src
