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adamXpeter
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2 months ago
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Storages.INI GetOption with null default value does not work

Dear SmartBear,

GetOption with default null value does not work. If I give an empty string as default value it works. Why?

See the screenshot above, GetOption(_opcionev, null) returns null, while using an empty string or "XXX" it returns the correct value, "John", from the INI file.

Haven't tested the other ways with null default value.

Is this a correct operation?

Best regards,

Peter

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    • adamXpeter's avatar
      adamXpeter
      New Contributor
      2 months ago

      Thanks!

      A bit disagree here, as Variants can hold Object types, which are reference types, and initialized as null:

      • The initial values for object type variables are always empty (null in JavaScript, JScript, C#Script and C++Script, None in Python, Nothing in VBScript and nil in DelphiScript).

      Variables of the Object Type | TestComplete Documentation

      So I have to fight the "empty string is not nothing" war again, check the existence of the value in the INI file, and set null by my code.

      • rraghvani's avatar
        rraghvani
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        2 months ago

        Here's an example,

        In the INI file, Type has an empty value. When we call GetOptions("Type", null), it will return a "null object" 

        If "Type=HelloWorld", and we call GetOptions("Type", null), it will still return a "null object". We need to specify the default value type as either Integer, Double/Real, String etc. JavaScript is inherently a dynamically typed language meaning variables can hold values of any type without strict enforcement