How to disable regular expressions in a text?

[ttralor]

Hello.
I define an object with the next property and value:

Code:

"innertext:=jfjfjfj*.(fff)"

The problem is that if i do an "exist statement", QTP can not find the object because in the value, it recognizes regular expressions.
What i tried is placing a backslash before all special characters but this is a lot of work. Is there another way i can prefent QTP to find the regular expressions? I want that QTP sees the value as only text, how can i do that?

[ravi.gajul]

Hi,
Please use the below function. It receives a normal string and returns the equivalent string in regular expression

Code:

Function NormalizeString(OrgStr)
       Dim TempStr
       TempStr = Replace(OrgStr, "\", "\\")
       TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "*", "\*")
       TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "+", "\+")
       TempStr = Replace(TempStr, ".", "\.")
       NormalizeString = Replace(TempStr, "?", "\?")
End function
Msgbox NormalizeString ("a+b*c.d?e")

[ttralor]

Hello Ravi,
Thank you for your answer but i do not get it worked.
What i did, is adding the next line to your function:
TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "$", "\$")
I did this because the $-sign is also a character wich is used as a regular expression, which can cause my problem, i think...?

Then i started this in QTP:

Code:

Function NormalizeString(OrgStr)
       Dim TempStr
       TempStr = Replace(OrgStr, "\", "\\")
       TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "*", "\*")
       TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "+", "\+")
       TempStr = Replace(TempStr, ".", "\.")
       TempStr = Replace(TempStr, "$", "\$")
       NormalizeString = Replace(TempStr, "?", "\?")
End function
Print NormalizeString ("DEPART Frankfurt to Acapulco3/27/2013SELECTFLIGHTDEPARTSTOPS Blue Skies Airlines 360 5:03non-stopPrice: $270 (based on round trip) Blue Skies Airlines 3617:10non-stopPrice: $271 (based on round trip) Pangaea Airlines 3629:17non-stopPrice: $274 (based on round trip) Unified Airlines 36311:24non-stopPrice: $281 (based on round trip)")

In the Print pop-up screen i get this string:
DEPART Frankfurt to Acapulco3/27/2013SELECTFLIGHTDEPARTSTOPS Blue Skies Airlines 360 5:03non-stopPrice: \$270 (based on round trip) Blue Skies Airlines 3617:10non-stopPrice: \$271 (based on round trip) Pangaea Airlines 3629:17non-stopPrice: \$274 (based on round trip) Unified Airlines 36311:24non-stopPrice: \$281 (based on round trip)

Ik put this string into this code:

Code:

If Browser("Welcome: Mercury Tours").Page("Select a Flight: Mercury").WebTable("html tag:=TABLE", "Index:=8", "column names:=DEPART Frankfurt to Acapulco.*","innertext:=DEPART Frankfurt to Acapulco3/27/2013SELECTFLIGHTDEPARTSTOPS Blue Skies Airlines 360 5:03non-stopPrice: \$270 (based on round trip) Blue Skies Airlines 3617:10non-stopPrice: \$271 (based on round trip) Pangaea Airlines 3629:17non-stopPrice: \$274 (based on round trip) Unified Airlines 36311:24non-stopPrice: \$281 (based on round trip)").Exist(1) Then
Reporter.ReportEvent micPass, "OK",""
Else
Reporter.ReportEvent micFail, "NOK",""
End If

Then i got "NOK".

When i remove the innnertext object property i get an "OK".

When i use GetROProperty to get the innertext value it is exactly like i did use it, but why do i get no match?

Whats wrong in?
DEPART Frankfurt to Acapulco3/27/2013SELECTFLIGHTDEPARTSTOPS Blue Skies Airlines 360 5:03non-stopPrice: \$270 (based on round trip) Blue Skies Airlines 3617:10non-stopPrice: \$271 (based on round trip) Pangaea Airlines 3629:17non-stopPrice: \$274 (based on round trip) Unified Airlines 36311:24non-stopPrice: \$281 (based on round trip)

[ravi.gajul]

There could be other elements with same innertext.It would easy identifying the root cause if you could post the source code.

[ttralor]

This is my code:

Code:

If FlightFinderPag.WebTable("html tag:=TABLE", "Index:=8", "column names:=DEPART Frankfurt to Acapulco.*","innertext:=DEPART Frankfurt to Acapulco3/1/2013SELECTFLIGHTDEPARTSTOPS Blue Skies Airlines 360 5:03non-stopPrice: \$270 (based on round trip) Blue Skies Airlines 3617:10non-stopPrice: \$271 (based on round trip) Pangaea Airlines 3629:17non-stopPrice: \$274 (based on round trip) Unified Airlines 36311:24non-stopPrice: \$281 (based on round trip)").Exist(1) Then
Reporter.ReportEvent micPass, "OK",""
Else
Reporter.ReportEvent micFail, "NOK,""
End If

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I investigated the WebTable an see that the same textvalue is also in the "outertext" property, can this be a problem? When i run my QTP script without the "innertext" i got an "OK" message.

[ttralor]

Yess after applying the last post, it works now.
Thanks all!

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