Thanks a lot Sir(s), for the detailed description along with the solution,
it worked like charm.
On Monday, March 18, 2013 1:10:30 PM UTC-5, Chuck van der Linden wrote:
>
> On Monday, March 18, 2013 11:03:09 AM UTC-7, Pavan Turlapati wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>> I have a statement as shown below
>> $ie.iframe(:id => 'PWGadget3Ifr').table(:id =>
>> "ViewTable").cell(:text=>"VMO").fire_event("ondblclick")
>>
>> In the above statement, the value 3 in the word 'PWGadget3Ifr' is not
>> always unique and it can change to any number from [0-9]. So I need help to
>> convert the above statement into a regular expression statement.
>>
>> I have also tried the below statement, but it is giving me the error
>> $ie.iframe(:id =>PWGadget/\d/Ifr).table(:id =>
>> "ViewTable").cell(:text=>"VMO").fire_event("ondblclick")
>>
>> SyntaxError: (irb):61: syntax error, unexpected $undefined
>> $ie.iframe(:id =>PWGadget/\d/Ifr).table(:id => "ViewTabl...
>> ^
>> (irb):61: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting $end
>> ...e.iframe(:id =>PWGadget/\d/Ifr).table(:id => "ViewTable").ce...
>> ... ^
>> from C:/Ruby193/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'
>> irb(main):062:0>
>>
>>
>> Any help is highy appreciated.
>>
>
> You need / at the beginning and end (in place of ") of the entire
> expression to indicate that you are using a regex. Ruby see's PWGa.... and
> presumes that is some kind of a constant or class name, then gets confused
> by the / in the middle of the name. You need the / at the front, so it
> see's that entire thing as a regular expression.
>
> Try
>
> $ie.iframe(:id =>/PWGadget\dIfr/).table(:id =>
> "ViewTable").cell(:text=>"VMO").fire_event("ondblclick")
>
>
>
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