Regular expression in descriptive programming

[testernc]

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.*"

[anshika.agarwal]

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& ".*"