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From: praveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:05:02 -0600
Subject: Re: nesting constants/variables between two groups in template
To: sebb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thanks for the detailed explanation Kyle. The Match No. I use is "1",
with the expectation that the first match that is found is considered.
But I still get the result of the 1st group, the 3rd group, and only
then, the nested constant at the end like I described earlier. Here's
the structure of my XML
USER PARAMETERS
BASE_URL = "/g-control/gocentura.gx/"
HTTP Request
Regex for editionURL
Reference name = editionURL
Regular Expression =
(action=")(.*\.gx)(.*changeEdition\/)([^"]+)
Template = $3$${EditionID}/$4$
Match No. = 1
Default Value = null
Regex for EditionID
Reference name = EditionID
Regular Expression = (<option
value=")(\d+)("[^>\s]*>\w\w<\/option>)
Template = $2$
Match No. = 0
Default Value = null
If Controller
"${VAR1}" == "null
Invalid HTTP Request // so that thread stops
If Controller
"${VAR2}" == "null
Invalid HTTP Request // so that thread stops
HTTP Request
PATH = ${BASE_URL}/${editionURL}
The log output for jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor and
jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSampler is below:
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: Pattern =
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: template = $2$
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: template split into 2 pieces, starts
with = true
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor processing result
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: Regex = (<option
value=")(\d+)("[^>\s]*>\w\w<\/option>)
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor: Match found!
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor: Match found!
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor: Match found!
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor: Template piece #0 = 2
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor: Template piece #1 =
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor: Template piece #2 =
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: Regex Extractor result = 493
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: Pattern =
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: template = $3$493$4$
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: template split into 3 pieces, starts
with = true
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor processing result
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: Regex =
(action=")(.*\.gx)(.*changeEdition\/)([^"]+)
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor: Match found!
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor: Template piece #0 = 3
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor: Template piece #1 =
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor: Template piece #2 = 4
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor: Template piece #3 =
493
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: RegexExtractor: Template piece #4 =
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.extractor.RegexExtractor: Regex Extractor result =
/5133460/3542940/4719119/468/1101253233790/loot/C/changeEdition/loot493/
<=====
2004/11/23 17:40:51 [GUO Thread Group1-1] DEBUG -
jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSampler: Start :
samplehttp://loot:8080/g-control/gocentura.gx/5133460/3542940/4719119/468/1101253233790/loot/C/changeEdition/loot493/
There are a couple of observations that I made while fiddling around
with the logic here:
1. Under a HTTP request, consecutive regex elements are processed
bottom-top. So, in the structure above, although the regex element for
EditionID is below editionURL, EditionID is executed first. If I have
EditionID regex before the editionURL regex, when i execute the test
plan, jmeter does the editionURL regex first, since EditionID is not
defined/declared yet, the literal "${EditionID}" is substituted in the
template.
2. In the regex for editionURL, the template is $3$${EditionID}$4$.
$3$ has been evaluated to
"5133460/3542940/4719119/468/1101253233790/loot/C/changeEdition/"
${EditionID} = 493
$4$ has been evaluated to "loot"
But ${editionURL} ends up being:
/5133460/3542940/4719119/468/1101253233790/loot/C/changeEdition/loot493/
3. I also find that if the variable name (eg. variable_name) contains
an underscore, ${variable_name_g1} is not resolved to the variable
value (in the PATH field of a HTTP request. Not sure about the rest of
the places.)
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:56:15 +0000, sebb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:28:59 -0500, Kyle McAbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
>
> > Might a "How can I trouble-shoot a regular expression in JMeter?" topic be
> > a useful addition to the FAQ?
> >
>
> Yes, please!
>
> Anyone can update the FAQ.
>
> You just need to create an account first if necessary and login - see
> the JMeter Wiki front page for details. [Registration was introduced
> to reduce vandalism - and succeeded!]
>
> The information could be added to:
>
> http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-jmeter/RegularExpressions
>
> either inline, or as a separate page linked to the above if that works better.
>
> S.
>
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