Selenium: How to use stored value in a javascript comparison
- by dstrube
I've searched around for the answer to this and found lots of much
more complicated questions, but none that gave me insight enough to
figure this one out.
What I'm doing:
1- open a page with a number that will probably be large
2- get the X Path to where that number is and store it to a variable
3- do a javascript to compare the above stored variable to see if it is bigger than 10, if so, set a new varaible to true; else false (because that is the default value)
4- verify the variable in #3 is true
Sounds simple enough, no?
Where it goes wrong:
At step 3, comparing the variable from step #2 to 10 isn't allowed, at least not the way I'm writing it.
Why?
Details:
<tr>
<td>open</td>
<td>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=selenium+verifyEval</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>store</td>
<td>/html/body/div[5]/div/p/b[3]</td>
<td>resultCount</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>storeEval</td>
<td>var isMoreThan10 = new Boolean(); isMoreThan10 = (resultCount > 10);</td>
<td>isMoreThan10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>verifyExpression</td>
<td>${isMoreThan10}</td>
<td>true</td>
</tr>
I just thought of one possible workaround: Exapnd the javascript code to get the value there & assign it to a variable there so I'll be more likely to be able to use that variable in the javascript. Not sure exactly how that would be done- anyone wanna help with that?
But surely there is be a better way, isn't there? I must be able to assign a value to a variable in Selenium, then in the next line use that variable in a javascript, right?
