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Praveen
Praveen

Reputation: 1418

Not able to call a function with a parameter which is returned from another function in protractor

I am calling a function which has switch case statement and it returns a value. Now I am trying to pass this returned value to a second function in my protractor-cucumber test.

When(/^A function is callled$/, function(fields) {
  obj.each(fields.hashes(), function(value) {
    filePath = util.Function_1(value.a, value.b, value.c);
    console.log(filePath);
    response = util.Function_2(filePath);
  });
});

Function in Util file:

Function_1(a, b, c){
  var num =1;
  switch (num) {
    case "1": {
      var filePath = "dummy path-1 to a file";
      console.log("Inside case-1");
      break;
    }
    case "2": {
      var filePath = "Construct file path using a, b and c";
      console.log("Inside case-2");
      break;
    }
  }
  return filePath;
}

Second function:

Function_2(filePath){
  console.log("Inside second function");
  //To Do
}

I am able to print the value returned from Function_1 in my When section. But the test is finishing right after printing the returned value. Its not calling the second function.

I tried creating a promise and returning it from Function_1. But couldn't make it work.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 166

Answers (1)

Silvan Bregy
Silvan Bregy

Reputation: 2734

The problem is, that your variable "num" is actually a number and in the switch case statement you are looking for a string. Change your Function_1 as follows and it would work:

Function_1(a, b, c){
  var num =1;
  switch (num) {
    case 1: {
      var filePath = "dummy path-1 to a file";
      console.log("Inside case-1");
      break;
    }
    case 2: {
      var filePath = "Construct file path using a, b and c";
      console.log("Inside case-2");
      break;
    }
  }
  return filePath;
}

Either check for strings with content '1', '2' etc. Or numbers and then check for 1, 2 etc.

Upvotes: 1

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