Settings - String Operations

Comparison

The following setting is located at Settings->TBox->String Operations->Comparison.

Setting	Description
Ignore Whitespace	This setting specifies whether leading or trailing whitespaces should be ignored in string comparisons and identification processes. The following rules and exceptions apply: In the TestCases, ExecutionLists and Modules sections, the setting can be used with all ActionModes except for Input and Buffer. The setting can be used with wildcards and XBuffers. However, when using the XBuffer, the whitespaces are saved to the buffer. The setting is ignored when using regular expressions, TestCase-Design, and the TQL search. The following values can be defined: None: Whitespaces are not ignored. Leading only: Only leading whitespaces are ignored. Trailing only: Only trailing whitespaces are ignored. Leading and trailing: Both leading and trailing whitespaces are ignored. To set this for a specific test case, you can use the IgnoreWhiteSpace test configuration parameter. The test configuration parameter overrides the global setting.
Normalize	Set to True if you want Tosca to handle the following whitespace characters as spaces upon string comparison: spaces non-break spaces tabs line breaks In addition, the null character \0 is removed from the string in verify operations. This allows empty strings to be verified even if your browser returns the null character as a value for empty strings.

Setting

Description

Ignore Whitespace

This setting specifies whether leading or trailing whitespaces should be ignored in string comparisons and identification processes.

The following rules and exceptions apply:

In the TestCases, ExecutionLists and Modules sections, the setting can be used with all ActionModes except for Input and Buffer.
The setting can be used with wildcards and XBuffers. However, when using the XBuffer, the whitespaces are saved to the buffer.
The setting is ignored when using regular expressions, TestCase-Design, and the TQL search.

The following values can be defined:

None: Whitespaces are not ignored.

Leading only: Only leading whitespaces are ignored.

Trailing only: Only trailing whitespaces are ignored.

Leading and trailing: Both leading and trailing whitespaces are ignored.

To set this for a specific test case, you can use the IgnoreWhiteSpace test configuration parameter. The test configuration parameter overrides the global setting.

Normalize

Set to True if you want Tosca to handle the following whitespace characters as spaces upon string comparison:

spaces
non-break spaces
tabs
line breaks

In addition, the null character \0 is removed from the string in verify operations. This allows empty strings to be verified even if your browser returns the null character as a value for empty strings.