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acm
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9 years ago
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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 > ...
  • Marsha_R's avatar
    Marsha_R
    9 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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Marsha_R
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9 years ago

This should be of some help:

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/program-objects/aqstring/substring.html

 

You want to start right after the first colon and take the next four characters (or whatever is appropriate) and store them in your variable.

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    acm
    Contributor
    9 years ago

    I see, thank you.  One more question:

     

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

     

    Thanks,

    Arlene

     

    • Marsha_R's avatar
      Marsha_R
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      9 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.