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Chase Sandmann
Chase Sandmann

Reputation: 5005

Undefined method `^' for String (NoMethodError)

I'm very new to Cucumber/Capybara/Ruby/Selenium and I'm just trying to set a simple field with a value. I'm finding the field with a special selector and then trying to set it:

Capybara.add_selector(:filter_field) {xpath { |field_name| ".//div[contains(@class,'#{field_name}')]//input" }}

def fill_in_field(field_name, value)
  field = find(:filter_field, field_name)
  field.set(value)
end

undefined method `^' for "1":String (NoMethodError) ./features/support/ui_interface_react.rb:271:in `fill_in_field'

The error occurs on the line field.set(value). I know that value is a string and field is a #<Capybara::Node::Element>. What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1942

Answers (2)

Abdul Wahab
Abdul Wahab

Reputation: 449

You should declare function in top of file because ruby execute in top to bottom fasion like this 

   def fill_in_field(field_name, value)
  field = find(:filter_field, field_name)
   field.set(value)
  end

Capybara.add_selector(:filter_field) {xpath { |field_name| ".//div[contains(@class,'#{field_name}')]//input" }}

Upvotes: 0

Thomas Walpole
Thomas Walpole

Reputation: 49950

You're using selenium, and I'm guessing the field element you're finding is a checkbox, which takes true or false when calling set, not a string.

Upvotes: 2

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