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jaward916
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5 years ago

Javascript String Interpolation

Is Javascript string interpolation allowed/recognized in TestComplete (14.70 fully patched)? The reason I ask is when I'm logging some values I much prefer interpolation to concatenation. i.e. I wo...
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    jaward916
    5 years ago

    Wait a minute...

    I did some digging, and it would seem this project is in fact JScript and not JavaScript (which also explains another issue I nearly put on here).

    I have just run the Javascript conversion (a great feature) and I can now write as I expect. at least I've only wasted 2 hours ğŸ™ƒ

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Wamboo
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This works wery well for me:

 

function testInterpolation() {
  var i = "i_value";
  var arr = ["value1", "value2"];
  
  Log.Message(`This string contains that two variables: first one -> ${i} and second one -> ${arr[1]}`);
}

 

I'm using the latest version of TestComplete.

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jaward916
Occasional Contributor
5 years ago

Thanks, Wamboo, so I just pasted this straight into my test script, and straight away it has the red x with a syntax error:

 

  • jaward916's avatar
    jaward916
    Occasional Contributor
    5 years ago

    Wait a minute...

    I did some digging, and it would seem this project is in fact JScript and not JavaScript (which also explains another issue I nearly put on here).

    I have just run the Javascript conversion (a great feature) and I can now write as I expect. at least I've only wasted 2 hours ğŸ™ƒ

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      Wamboo
      Community Hero
      5 years ago

      I was just wondering if you have a project in Jscript 🙂 It's great that you managed to fix it.