How to split the request argument value in response

[Akshit koul]

Hi all


We have a requirement where we have a argument in request with value '12345678'.We need to fetch some part of it in the response. like first 2 digits and the last 4 digits. Could you please help. Thanks

[Danny Saro]

Hi,

Mark the argument as a magic string
Then, in the .vsi, in the response put something like

{{=request_yourArgumentName.substring(0,2)+request_yourArgumentName.substring(4);}}

The above is assuming your argument string always has the length 4, if it
has a variable length then instead if using the fixed 4 you would have to
calculate the index based on the length of the argument string eg.

{{=request_yourArgumentName.substring(0,2)+request_yourArgumentName.substring(request_yourArgumentName.length()-4);}}

Hope this helps,
Also hope this works 😊 as I did it from the top of my head without
verifying

Cheers,

Danny Saro

Client Services Consultant

Broadcom Software


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[Akshit koul]

Hi Danny

Thanks for your help ,it worked .Also ,could you please share ,if any , doc link to find out about the usage of such keywords/syntax to get these kind of requirements implemented.

Many Thanks
Akshit

[Danny Saro]

Hi,

I am not aware of any tutorial on this; understanding how it works is about
using Beanshell in DevTest (
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/devops/devtest-solutions/10-7/using/using-application-test/using-devtest-workstation-with-application-test/using-beanshell-in-devtest.html
)

For following:

{{=request_yourArgumentName.substring(0,2)+request_
yourArgumentName.substring(4);}}

you need to understand that:

- Everything inside the {{ and }} is beanshell functionality
- The initial '=' and the ending ';' indicate that this is the
right-hand side of a beanshell statement, the right-hand side of a
statement is also called an expression. In a complete script you could find
this expression as part of a statement like:
var myNewValue = request_yourArgumentName.substring(0,2) + request_
yourArgumentName.substring(4);
- beanshell understands java so you can use java expressions; and (most
of) java functionality in your expressions
- if you mark an argument as a magic string then DevTest will create a
property inside the runtime environment which is of type String and has the
name "request_<yourargumentname>" and DevTest will give this property the
value of the argument. The beanshell interpreter within DevTest has
automatic access to these properties, no action needed to declare them
and/or retrieve them
- So, the above is just a java expression that manipulates String
variables: in Java, you can use the substring() method to retrieve pieces
of the original string content, and you can use '+' to concatenate strings
together into a new value


Hope this helps,

Cheers,

Danny Saro

Client Services Consultant

Broadcom Software


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[Akshit koul]

Thanks again Danny