[Webtest] conditional looping

[Carsten Seibert]

WebTest provides the <repeat> tag for simple loops. Is it possible to
determine the number of iterations upfront? If that is the case, the
<repeat> tag might be a solution to your problem.

Ciao,
Carsten

Carsten Seibert
seiberTEC GmbH Switzerland
mailto:seibert@seibertec.ch  / phone: +41 79 636 4317


> -----Original Message-----
> From: webtest-admin@lists.canoo.com
> [mailto:webtest-admin@lists.canoo.com]On Behalf Of Michael Finney
> Sent: Dienstag, 18. Juni 2002 17:28
> To: webtest@lists.canoo.com
> Subject: RE: [Webtest] conditional looping
>
>
>
> Well, simply the case is that N number of pages have
> to be dealt with and N is a random number.  Thus, the
> number of iterations is arbitrary.
>
> Think of the situation with a randomn number of pages
> as a game or test.   see http://www.jatitan.lycos.com/
> if you want to know what game.
>
> Michael
>
>
> --- Dierk_Konig <Dierk.Koenig@canoo.com> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: webtest-admin@lists.canoo.com
> > > [mailto:webtest-admin@lists.canoo.com]On Behalf Of
> > Michael Finney
> > > Sent: Montag, 17. Juni 2002 17:38
> > > To: webtest@lists.canoo.com
> > > Subject: [Webtest] conditional looping
> > ..
> > > (now the harder part)
> > > 6) click a button
> > > 7) click "go to decision form" button
> > > 8) click "submit decision"
> > > 9) if result page title is Simulations, jump back
> > to
> > > step 7
> > > 10) (if we reach here, we are at the
> > ..
> >
> > What are you going to test here?
> >
> > Dynamic properties of the decision form?
> > That simulation do not loop endlessly?
> > How many "goto step 7" do you expect?
> > Is the number of iterations arbitrary or fixed?
> >
> > My advise is to try everything you can to avoid
> > conditional logic in tests.
> > (as opposed to putting a lot of effort in making
> > conditional logic possible)
> >
> > cheers
> > Mittie
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