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Converting string to function name
ratan.angadi
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Hi all,
I have searched the posts related to my problem and found one but it didn't work for me, below code works perfect in javascript,
function callme() {
var x="alert";
eval(x)('Hello'); }
but when i try the same code in sahi as below, doesn't work.
var x="_alert";
eval(x)('Hello');
I actually want to covert strings like "_div" to function names so i can use them as below,
_assertContainsText("x", [function name] ("xy"));
and also I tried the below line which didn't work for me,
var $f="_div";
var $fname=eval($f);
_assertContainsText("x", $fname ("xy"));
could you please give me some hint what might be the problem ? am I missing something ?
Thanks in advance,
Ratankumar.
I have searched the posts related to my problem and found one but it didn't work for me, below code works perfect in javascript,
function callme() {
var x="alert";
eval(x)('Hello'); }
but when i try the same code in sahi as below, doesn't work.
var x="_alert";
eval(x)('Hello');
I actually want to covert strings like "_div" to function names so i can use them as below,
_assertContainsText("x", [function name] ("xy"));
and also I tried the below line which didn't work for me,
var $f="_div";
var $fname=eval($f);
_assertContainsText("x", $fname ("xy"));
could you please give me some hint what might be the problem ? am I missing something ?
Thanks in advance,
Ratankumar.
Comments
But I don't know if it is right or if you can use APIs like "_div" or "_alert" in eval, why don't you use them by the way Sahi already does?
I just don't see the point in using:
var x="_alert";
eval(x)('Hello');
If you can just use _alert("Hello");
But try using:
var x="_alert(\"Hello\")";
eval(x);
or:
var x="_alert";
x = x + "(\"Hello\")";
eval(x);
(I don't remember how to use quotes inside quotes
Well my idea is to have a one function for assertions for test , for example
function check(element)
{
var $f=element;
var $fname=eval($f);
_assertContainsText("x", $fname ("xy"));
}
the above function would assert and verify the element I send for text. If I'm not wrong it'd save a lot time and line of script. I'd simply send _div to assert division etc. correct me if I'm wrong.
Thanks,
Ratan.