Double quotes added to variables
At times, double quotes seem to be added to string variables in Test Complete. This may be a vbscript issue, I am not sure. However, I have seen that a variable could end up having its value change like this:
"data"
""data""
"""data"""
The more I keep using it, the more double quotes get added to the value of the variable. To bypass, I actually started creating copies of the variable since the value was not going to change anyways like so:
Dim data1
Dim data2
Dim data3
data1 = "blah"
data2 = "blah"
data3 = "blah"
This is very wasteful, I know. But, I can not figure out why these so called phantom double quotes keep injecting themselves into my code.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
I figured out the problem.
The variables were global in script #1. I passed them into script #2 from script #1.
In script #2, I had to make valid json for a "POST" command like so:
postData = "{""username"": " & username & ", ""password"": " & password & "}"
This is valid json. I checked it using json lint: http://jsonlint.com/
However, the strange thing here is that when I leave script #2, those double quotes follow the variable. So, username first equals "user@domain.com" in script #1. When execution focus of the project returns from script #2, back into script #1, username still equals ""user@domain.com""!!!
I solved this by doing the following at the end of script #2, right before focus returns back to script #1:
username = aqString.unquote(username)
So, now, in script #1, I will not have extra double quotes anymore.
But, the bigger question is why did the double quotes follow the variable from script #2 back into script #1. I thought the scope of the variable would have died in script #2? So, this is pass by reference the whole time then?
