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mehdihs
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5 years ago

SOAPUI Script Assertion: Identical values failing assert

While trying to test a REST API I am trying to compare a value in a response with a previous value stored in a separate testCase. Using script assertion, I am getting the proper values and they are i...
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  • ChrisA's avatar
    ChrisA
    5 years ago

    Hi,

     

    richiemakes a good point about potential trailing spaces.  Beyond this, are sure they are the same type?  For example 12345 is not equal to "12345".  You could try casting both values to a string or integer and then comparing.  E.g. assertEquals leftSide.toString().trim() == rightSide.toString().trim().

     

    Also, you might want to read further into Groovy/Java string comparators.  I quite often use the .equals() and .contains() methods on a string.  Example assert leftSide.toString().equals(rightSide.toString()) or assert leftSide.toString().contains(rightSide.toString())

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ChrisA
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Hi,

 

richiemakes a good point about potential trailing spaces.  Beyond this, are sure they are the same type?  For example 12345 is not equal to "12345".  You could try casting both values to a string or integer and then comparing.  E.g. assertEquals leftSide.toString().trim() == rightSide.toString().trim().

 

Also, you might want to read further into Groovy/Java string comparators.  I quite often use the .equals() and .contains() methods on a string.  Example assert leftSide.toString().equals(rightSide.toString()) or assert leftSide.toString().contains(rightSide.toString())

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mehdihs
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5 years ago

Thanks. I tried your solution and the assert passed. It was an issue of the values being of different types. Just trimming did not work.