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Gautam's avatar
Gautam
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago

Looping series of test step using groovy

Hi,   I am trying to loop series of test steps using groovy scripting. I am using context.getTestRunner().gotoStepByName('HTTPREQUEST') but not much success. The HTTPRequest is looped only once and...
  • rupert_anderson's avatar
    rupert_anderson
    10 years ago

    Hi Gautam,

     

    Your steps look good e.g. I thought I undertood what you are looking to do... but I can't understand why you need the for loop in your loop step?

     

    I might be missing something, but I think all you need to do is check that the currentCount < maxCount if so loop? e.g. no need for for loop, but something like 

     

    if (currentCount < maxCount) testRunner.gotoStepByN
    ame("GetNextRowAndExractValues")

     

    (you'll maybe have to adjust for your variable names)

     

    Sorry if I missed something,

     

    Cheers,

    Rup

  • nmrao's avatar
    nmrao
    10 years ago

    Could not stop asking why currentCount is being read from a property while it can be start from either 1 or 0?

    And do not need to increment currentCount inside of for as an explicit statement, instead you could do something like one of the below:

    for (int currentCount=0;currentCount < maxCount; currentCount++) {
     //do the stuff here
}

     

    or

     

    for (int currentCount=1;currentCount <= maxCount; currentCount++) {
     //do the stuff here
}

     

    If the above are confusing whether to continue till < or <= or star with 0 or 1, then below is good and groovified too:

     

    (0..maxCount).each {
       //do the stuff
}

     

    If you are in need with index, then here is your fried:

     

     

    (0..maxCount).eachWithIndex { index ->
       //do the stuff, and use index where ever it is needed
}

     


    So any of the above methods will automatically loop thru the defined number of times (maxCount)

nmrao's avatar
nmrao
Champion Level 3
10 years ago

Could not stop asking why currentCount is being read from a property while it can be start from either 1 or 0?

And do not need to increment currentCount inside of for as an explicit statement, instead you could do something like one of the below:

for (int currentCount=0;currentCount < maxCount; currentCount++) {
     //do the stuff here
}

 

or

 

for (int currentCount=1;currentCount <= maxCount; currentCount++) {
     //do the stuff here
}

 

If the above are confusing whether to continue till < or <= or star with 0 or 1, then below is good and groovified too:

 

(0..maxCount).each {
       //do the stuff
}

 

If you are in need with index, then here is your fried:

 

 

(0..maxCount).eachWithIndex { index ->
       //do the stuff, and use index where ever it is needed
}

 


So any of the above methods will automatically loop thru the defined number of times (maxCount)

  • Gautam's avatar
    Gautam
    Occasional Contributor
    10 years ago

    Hi Rupert and Rao,

     

    Thanks for your replies.

    @Rupert, yes there was some issue in the currentCount variable as i read it from property it was a string and not integer, so the loop was unsuccessful.

    @Rao, i am using the value currentCount to create report in excel and this currentCount is test case number Many test steps depends on this variable so i am trying to get it read from a property. And it is working for my framework

     

    I was able to troubleshoot the issue and thanks again for your help.

     

    Kudos to both of you!!

     

    Thanks & Regards,

    Gautam

    • rupert_anderson's avatar
      rupert_anderson
      Valued Contributor
      10 years ago

      Hi Gautam,

       

      You're welcome! Well done solving the issue, team work! :-)

       

      Cheers,

      Rup