我想在黄瓜特征文件中使用变量

Question

There are scenarios in feature files wherein I've use the text "Foo" and on click its open a new page. this text sometime changes to "Foo1" or "Foo2" or to something else . to avoid line by line change in feature file for "Foo" to "Foo1" or "Foo2" is there any way that I can globally declare variable in top/bottom of the feature file where I can set the required text in variable on fly and I shall start executing my test instantly?
This change exist in many feature files and around 1000 lines in feature file. To get solution for this, I try on setting environment variables but I couldn't reach all the way till end this issue to solve. So can anyone help me on this?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

What if you do the replacement in your step implementation instead? Then you could have the desired value in a separate file or pass it as arguments. That way you don't need to hard code the values.

Could scenario outlines help you in any way or is the value only changing depending on external changes?

Answer 2

My first thought was scenario outlines like @homaxto said.

Then I thought you might want to affect it by which system you are connected to. You can do this through configuration. I have done this with Fig_Newton .

You can either set an environment varaible or use one in the commandline. Or you can use @hook type tags. With a hook tag, you can have a tag at the top of a feature file that you can use to set a variable that affects how the steps operate (but it needs to be handled inside the step).