Thanks deepak. I've tried this approach already, but whenever a null value
was expected, it didn't work.
It seems a null value just cannot be returned.
Wei
Deepak Shetty wrote:
>
> oh i think I had a space before the javascript and that's why it seemed to
> work (as a space, not emptyu)
>
> You can always use __javaScript function to check the value of the
> variable
> against the default.
> e.g. in the regex specify the default value as NOT_FOUND
> and in the parameter specify
> ${__javaScript('${YOUR_VAR}' == 'NOT_FOUND' ? '': '${YOUR_VAR}')}
>
> regards
> deepak
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Wei Z <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks for the reply deepak. Tried your suggestion, but it didn't work -
>> returned the variable name "${variablename}" rather than a blank string.
>> The reason I need a blank string is that I want to send back whatever
>> values
>> already on the page plus some comments. One of the existing values is a
>> dropdown box. If a value has already been selected in the dropdown box
>> when
>> the page is opened, I will find a match. If a value has not been
>> selected,
>> the RegEx extractor will not find a match (i.e. the particular text
>> phrase
>> will not exist on the page). In case, I need to return a blank value -
>> any
>> other value will cause the request to fail.
>> Is this a restriction of JMeter or is there a way to do this?
>>
>> Wei
>>
>> Deepak Shetty wrote:
>> >
>> > Truly fugly but
>> > ${__javaScript('')} seems to work.
>> >
>> > I'd question why you need blank (would spaces work?) . other options
>> would
>> > be BSH listener to form the variable as you want.
>> > regards
>> > deepak
>> >
>> > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Wei Z <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >> I want to return a value null (i.e. blank) if now matches are found.
>> I've
>> >> tried few things, e.g. leave the default value field blank, put a
>> >> variable
>> >> name in the field and define the variable to have value "", etc.
>> >> But I just can't get a null value. Has anybody done this or does
>> anybody
>> >> know how to do this? Your help would be much appreciated.
>> >>
>> >> Wei
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