diff --git a/pkg/hostlist/hostlist_test.go b/pkg/hostlist/hostlist_test.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/pkg/hostlist/hostlist_test.go
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+package hostlist
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestExpand(t *testing.T) {
+
+	// Compare two slices of strings
+	equal := func(a, b []string) bool {
+		if len(a) != len(b) {
+			return false
+		}
+		for i, v := range a {
+			if v != b[i] {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+		return true
+	}
+
+	type testDefinition struct {
+		input          string
+		resultExpected []string
+		errorExpected  bool
+	}
+
+	expandTests := []testDefinition{
+		{
+			// Single node
+			input:          "n1",
+			resultExpected: []string{"n1"},
+			errorExpected:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			// Single node, duplicated
+			input:          "n1,n1",
+			resultExpected: []string{"n1"},
+			errorExpected:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			// Single node with padding
+			input:          "n[01]",
+			resultExpected: []string{"n01"},
+			errorExpected:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			// Single node with suffix
+			input:          "n[01]-p",
+			resultExpected: []string{"n01-p"},
+			errorExpected:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			// Multiple nodes with a single range
+			input:          "n[1-2]",
+			resultExpected: []string{"n1", "n2"},
+			errorExpected:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			// Multiple nodes with a single range and a single index
+			input:          "n[1-2,3]",
+			resultExpected: []string{"n1", "n2", "n3"},
+			errorExpected:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			// Multiple nodes with different prefixes
+			input:          "n[1-2],m[1,2]",
+			resultExpected: []string{"m1", "m2", "n1", "n2"},
+			errorExpected:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			// Multiple nodes with different suffixes
+			input:          "n[1-2]-p,n[1,2]-q",
+			resultExpected: []string{"n1-p", "n1-q", "n2-p", "n2-q"},
+			errorExpected:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			// Multiple nodes with and without node ranges
+			input:          " n09, n[01-04,06-07,09] , , n10,n04",
+			resultExpected: []string{"n01", "n02", "n03", "n04", "n06", "n07", "n09", "n10"},
+			errorExpected:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			// Forbidden DNS character
+			input:          "n@",
+			resultExpected: []string{},
+			errorExpected:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			// Forbidden range
+			input:          "n[1-2-2,3]",
+			resultExpected: []string{},
+			errorExpected:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			// Forbidden range limits
+			input:          "n[2-1]",
+			resultExpected: []string{},
+			errorExpected:  true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, expandTest := range expandTests {
+		result, err := Expand(expandTest.input)
+
+		hasError := err != nil
+		if hasError != expandTest.errorExpected && hasError {
+			t.Errorf("Expand('%s') failed: unexpected error '%v'",
+				expandTest.input, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if hasError != expandTest.errorExpected && !hasError {
+			t.Errorf("Expand('%s') did not fail as expected: got result '%+v'",
+				expandTest.input, result)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !hasError && !equal(result, expandTest.resultExpected) {
+			t.Errorf("Expand('%s') failed: got result '%+v', expected result '%v'",
+				expandTest.input, result, expandTest.resultExpected)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		t.Logf("Checked hostlist.Expand('%s'): result = '%+v', err = '%v'",
+			expandTest.input, result, err)
+	}
+}