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Occasional Contributor

2 years ago

Smart Assertion: Equals (One of)

Hello,

wenn I want to use an array in the smartAssertion which I have extracted with the Property transfer, it does not recognize an array.

E.g. I pass [EXT, GTF, SHZ, BHU] as an array and if I get EXT or BHU which are the first and the last elements of the array, it says it does not match.

I can't write the values with commas and without brackets, sice I'm extracting data via property transfer and it returns an array.

Thanks!

KarelHusa
2 years ago
alinabond,

if I understand correctly, you need to transform the list (or a string containing brackets) into a string of comma-separated values.

If your source is an array, you can do a transformation with the join method:

list = ["A", "B", "C"]
log.info(list)
log.info(list.join(","))

If your source is a string containing brackets, you can use the replaceAll method:

stringList = "[D,E,F]"
log.info(stringList)
log.info(stringList.replaceAll(/\[|\]/, ""))

nmrao
Champion Level 3
2 years ago
Would it be possible to show the screen short of Smart Assertion?

Have you tried with Exists in Condition field?

I am assuming that the tool still considers your input to Valid Value as String, but not an array.
- alinabond
  Occasional Contributor
  2 years ago
  Hi Rao,
  
  sure. I pass a variable
  and variable looks like this
  
  BR
nmrao
Champion Level 3
2 years ago
Just looking at the documentation

https://support.smartbear.com/readyapi/docs/testing/assertions/reference/property/smart-assertion.html

Do you want to try by removing square brackets?
- alinabond
  Occasional Contributor
  2 years ago
  Hi Rao,
  yes, this would help, because it accepts values with comma and without brackets.
  Do you know how?
nmrao
Champion Level 3
2 years ago
Not sure if I understand your question.

Did you try the above suggestion?
- alinabond
  Occasional Contributor
  2 years ago
  Without brackets it works, but the problem is, that I extract the values and pass the variables automatically. I don't want to remove it manuelly coz it's has to be automated test.
  - KarelHusa
    Champion Level 1
    2 years ago
    alinabond,
    
    if I understand correctly, you need to transform the list (or a string containing brackets) into a string of comma-separated values.
    
    If your source is an array, you can do a transformation with the join method:
    
    list = ["A", "B", "C"]
    log.info(list)
    log.info(list.join(","))
    
    If your source is a string containing brackets, you can use the replaceAll method:
    
    stringList = "[D,E,F]"
    log.info(stringList)
    log.info(stringList.replaceAll(/\[|\]/, ""))