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Christian1
New Contributor
4 years ago

Python aqConvert.StrToInt not working: argument is not a number

Hi, I´m very new to TestComplete and trying a simple Keyword-test with the Windows calculator clicking 5 * 5 = 25. I run the test and converted the test to a Python script. All I´m trying to do is t...
  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    4 years ago

    Hi,

     

    > they are unicode characters, not showing up in the log-message.

    This is what I meant when thought "to check html markup on the page for the '25' value".

    The quick idea is to use regular expression. For example (untested regexp):

    if (aqObject.CompareProperty(value, BuiltIn.cmpMatches, '^[^0-9]*25[^0-9]*$', false, BuiltIn.lmNone))

      Log.Checkpoint('Value equals to 25');

    ...

     

    https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/misc/regular-expressions.html

     

Christian1's avatar
Christian1
New Contributor

Hi anumpamchanti,

thanks for your reply. That´s pretty strange the script is working on your machine. Meanwhile I found the reason for this problem, but didn´t find a solution, yet. After I counted the number of characters of the string 'value' with len(value) I received a number of 4 characters. So I read out every single character with a for-loop:

 

for i in range(len(value)):
  Log.Message("value[i]" + aqConvert.VarToStr(value[i]))

 

This is the result I get:

 

So the first and the last character seem to be empty, but they are not. I found out, they are unicode characters, not showing up in the log-message. So the string 'value' is of type unicode containig the "25" between those characters:

 

value = "\u202d25\u202c"

 

These characters are special unicode formatting characters, for example '\u202d' is a left-to-right-override character. In the if-clause I changed the "25" to "\u202d25\u202c" and it worked, but that´s not really a proper solution:

 

if value == "\u202d25\u202c":
  Log.Message("Result is 25")

 

Have you got any idea how to get rid of these characters. Is there a way to convert the unicode string into something manageable?

 

Regards,

Christian

AlexKaras's avatar
AlexKaras
Champion Level 3
4 years ago

Hi,

 

> they are unicode characters, not showing up in the log-message.

This is what I meant when thought "to check html markup on the page for the '25' value".

The quick idea is to use regular expression. For example (untested regexp):

if (aqObject.CompareProperty(value, BuiltIn.cmpMatches, '^[^0-9]*25[^0-9]*$', false, BuiltIn.lmNone))

  Log.Checkpoint('Value equals to 25');

...

 

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/misc/regular-expressions.html

 

  • sonya_m's avatar
    sonya_m
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    4 years ago

    Thanks everyone for a great discussion!

     

    Christian1 did you manage to solve the issue? Please share your solution!