Variables

Variables can be defined in the source code but there are also predefined system variables that can be used (see chapter “List of All System Parameters”).

Note: The current values of variables can be shown in the source code editor by clicking the “Toggle Code Mining” button.

Basic Concepts

• Variables are always available globally (no scoping rules).
• Variables will be defined implicitly by assigning values.
• The type of the variable will be determined by the assigned value.
• Available types:
  • Boolean
  • String (surrounded by double quotation marks)
  • Date (datenow is available as system variable)
  • Time (timenow is available as system variable)
  • Integer
• Variable replacement in strings (also location strings) can be done with {~~}.
  Example:
  myvar = "myadditionaltext"
  myvar1 = "mytext {~myvar~}" is the same as myvar1 = "mytext myadditionaltext"

Logical Operators

You can use the following logical operators and save the result into a variable.

Integer and Date/Time

• Equal: ==
• Not equal: !=
• Bigger than: >
• Bigger than or equal: >=
• Smaller than: <
• Smaller than or equal: <=

Boolean

• And: &&
• Or: ||
• Not: !

String

• Like: like

Arithmetic Operators

You can use the following arithmetic operators and save the result into a variable.

Integer and Date/Time

• Addition: + (adds days to a date value or seconds to a time value)
• Subtraction: - (subtracts days from a date value or seconds from a time value)

Integer

• Multiplication: *
• Division: /
• Modulo: %
• Exponentiation: ^

String

• Concatenation: +

String

For manipulating strings following functions are offered:

• SplitLeft("STRING", "SEPERATOR")
  Returns the left part of the STRING from the beginning until the SEPERATOR.
  Example SplitLeft("Anthony.Brown", ".") returns the string "Anthony".
• SplitRight("STRING", "SEPERATOR")
  Returns the right part of the STRING beginning from SEPERATOR until the end of the defined string.
  Example SplitRight("David.Porter", ".") returns the string "Porter".
• SubStr("STRING", BEGININDEX, CHARNUMBER)
  Returns a substring from the defined STRING. CHARNUMBER characters are returned beginning at BEGININDEX (the index is zero-based).
  Example SubStr("Fabasoft app.test Agent", 9, 8) returns the string "app.test".
  Note: If you do not enter a number of characters, the string is returned from the defined index until the end of the string, e.g. SubStr("app.test", 4) returns the string "test".
• StrReplace("STRING", "TARGET", "REPLACEMENT")
  Replaces each substring of the STRING that matches the literal TARGET sequence with the specified literal REPLACEMENT sequence.
  Example StrReplace("abab", "b", "c") returns the string "acac".
• StrLen("STRING")
  Returns the length of the STRING.
  Example StrLen("Brown") returns "5".
• StrTrim("STRING")
  Returns a copy of the STRING, with leading and trailing whitespace omitted.
  Example StrTrim(" Brown ") returns the string "Brown".
• IndexOf("STRING", "SUBSTRING")
  Returns the index within the STRING of the first occurrence of the specified SUBSTRING. If the SUBSTRING does not occur as a substring, -1 is returned.
  Example IndexOf("David", "Dav") returns "0".
• Contains("STRING", "SUBSTRING")
  Returns “true” if and only if the STRING contains the specified SUBSTRING.
  Example Contains("David", "vi") returns "true".
• Lower("STRING")
  Converts all of the characters in the STRING to lower case.
  Example Lower("David") returns the string "david".
• Upper("STRING")
  Converts all of the characters in the STRING to upper case.
  Example Upper("David") returns the string "DAVID".

Date and Time

By default, Fabasoft app.test uses following format:

• dd.MM.yyyy (date)
• HH:mm:ss (time)

Date and time values can be formatted with following functions:

• DateFormat
• TimeFormat

As locale the Java locale of Fabasoft app.test is used by default. But the locale can also be defined within the test.

For parsing and formatting date values the predefined Java format DateFormat.SHORT is used, for time values DateFormat.MEDIUM.

See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html.