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acm
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8 years ago

How to Extract and Save a "substring" into a Variable for separate tests?

Good day,   Please see the image attached, the text string "Event id: 2172 Status: Work in progress" appears in the top right corner.  It is a long string found within CSS selector,  #ismheader > ...
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    Marsha_R
    8 years ago

    In your case, you can use Set Variable Value.  Pick your variable and then use Code Expression to get the string with your own InputString, StartPosition, and Length.

     

     

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    acm
    Contributor
    8 years ago

    I see, thank you.  One more question:

     

    How would you use this aqString method in a Keyword test?

     

    Thanks,

    Arlene

     

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      Marsha_R
      Moderator
      8 years ago

      In your case, you can use Set Variable Value.  Pick your variable and then use Code Expression to get the string with your own InputString, StartPosition, and Length.