For...Next Statement
Relevant for: GUI actions, scripted GUI components, and function libraries
A For...Next loop instructs OpenText Functional Testing to perform one or more statements a specified number of times. It has the following syntax:
For counter = start to end [Step step] statement Next
Item |
Description |
---|---|
counter |
The variable used as a counter for the number of iterations. |
start |
The start number of the counter. |
end |
The last number of the counter. |
step |
The number to increment at the end of each loop. |
statement |
A statement, or series of statements, to be performed during the loop. |
Example: In the following example, OpenText Functional Testing calculates the factorial value of the price of a speaker using the For statement:
Price = Browser("Advantage Shopping").Page("Advantage Shopping").WebElement("$44.99").GetTOProperty("innertext")
total = 1
For i=1 to Price
total = total * i
Next
Msgbox "!"& Price & "="& total
Tip: Use the Edit > Code Snippet > For...Next menu command to automatically insert a If...Then statement into your test.