Forum Discussion

Ryan_Moran's avatar
Ryan_Moran
Valued Contributor
5 years ago

importing function from javascript to keyword test

Attempting to use  require("MyCommonUnit").myFunction("someparameter") within a keyword test statement such as Set Variable Value  Seems like this should work, but returns an error: Unable ...
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    5 years ago

    You can... if the function returns something, you can still use the Set Variable value after the script function call and set the "mode" of the set variable to "Last Operation Result".  This will take whatever the result is of the function call and assign it to the variable value.

  • Ryan_Moran's avatar
    Ryan_Moran
    Valued Contributor
    5 years ago

    More specifically, trying to return the result of that function.

    I suppose I could just set a project level variable within that function, but I was hoping for a more dynamic solution.

    • tristaanogre's avatar
      tristaanogre
      Esteemed Contributor
      5 years ago

      You can... if the function returns something, you can still use the Set Variable value after the script function call and set the "mode" of the set variable to "Last Operation Result".  This will take whatever the result is of the function call and assign it to the variable value.

      • Ryan_Moran's avatar
        Ryan_Moran
        Valued Contributor
        5 years ago

        I definitely missed that option.

        Exactly what I was looking for, thank you.