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Text comparison fail

Jay Rexiti

August 01, 2019 13:14

Hello,

I am trying to compare web value with local variable as seen in attachment. The test is failing due to the

The fact that the collected web value is disregarding the quotation marks.

I have verified the same Xpath and the returned text shows the full text with quotation marks as seen in attachment.

Please advise.

Thank you,

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Rex Feizi August 05, 2019 12:03

Rexiti,

If you could provide the HTML of the page(or part that is necessary) as well as the text you are using, I can check to see if I can reproduce the issue.

Meanwhile, what I’m not understanding is the need to compare tags in plain text. I would have used Verify-Element with XPath expression to check anything I want against a tag in HTML.

Payam Fard August 02, 2019 02:20

Rexiti, would you please explain the reason as to why you are trying to do this? Why not use a verify_text or verify_element for this comparison/assertion?

Jay Rexiti August 05, 2019 11:53

I am using these commands because we are trying to compare a web value against a local variable. which I don't believe can be accomplished by verify_text or element.

I have used other text comparing tools online and the text is passing but somehow when using compare text command in proof it is failing.

Jay Rexiti August 05, 2019 13:08

It is a code snippet displayed on the DDS standards application. We are trying to compare that code snipped which is displayed as text on the web page.

Jay Rexiti August 05, 2019 13:11

You can find the test cases facing this issue under HOME> CVP_IVV> IVV_DDS> IVV_DDS_COMPONENTS_SMOKE>

all the test cases under this suite will have the same first 6 or 7 steps to verify code snippet.

Thank you,

Rex Feizi August 05, 2019 13:15

Please post them here as we don’t have access to your account.

Also, please elaborate as to why you feel then need to use such comparisons, when you have verify_element that was built for such scenarios.

Thanks

Jay Rexiti August 05, 2019 13:18

Verify_element will tell me if a element with a certain text exists or not etc, I am trying to see if the element has the same text as what I have locally stored. that is why I am using this type of comparison.

Jay Rexiti August 05, 2019 13:19

I have attached two screenshots with the code snippet and test case.

Jay Rexiti August 05, 2019 14:40

Please take a look at two attachments.

When I compare two strings (retrieved from web value) it is passing(First Image above), however when I try to compare local with web value it is failing (Second Image above).

It is odd that two identical strings are failing when I get the value from the web element using get_web_value.

Thank you,

Jay Rexiti August 12, 2019 13:33

Rex and Payam,

Any update on this issue?

Thank you,

Rex Feizi August 12, 2019 13:57

Unfortunately, we cannot reproduce the issue on our environment. We need the DOM in text format as well as the actual command in text to be able to try this.

More important, why can’t you use Verify_Element with XPath to check for existence of an HTML tag? Compare doesn’t make that much sense in this scenario anyway.

Jay Rexiti August 12, 2019 14:13

I am not trying to verify the HTML tag, there is a sample code snipped I am trying to verify. I am not sure If we have permission to post that information on a public forum

I will have to double check.

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