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Regular expression in descriptive programming - testernc - 01-30-2014

I am trying to use regular expression in variable declaration with in a function.

Code:
Function FieldExistOrNot(label)

    Dim flag

    Dim objDescription

    Set objDescription = Description.Create()

    objDescription("ClassName").Value = "WebElement"

    objDescription("innertext").RegularExpression = True

    objDescription("html tag").value ="LABEL"

      objDescription("innertext").value = ".*" &label& ".*"

    MsgBox objDescription("innertext").value

    flag = Browser("Name:=Home Page for.*").page("Title:=Home Page for.*").Frame("title:=Content Check-In.*").WebTable("Text:=Content Check-In.*").WebElement(objDescription).exist

End Function

Above is my script. I have to define innertext value using input parameter label and regular expression.

When it is executed, i am getting the innertext value as ".*label.*"

RE: Regular expression in descriptive programming - anshika.agarwal - 12-08-2014

If you use .* at the start then the regular expression will exclude anything you have entered after it so QTP would not recognise the innertext properly. If possible then use .* always at the end like :

Code:
"value:=" &label& ".*"