Running FitNesse tests stored in variable

Question

I'm trying to get FitNesse (slim tests running via fitSharp) to process tables stored in a variable. Both approach A & B below render the same on the page, but only approach B will run.

Approach A

!define test (
| Table:myTest | someValue |
)
${test}

Approach B

| Table:myTest | someValue |

This example is rather superficial, but in my tests I'm looking to vary some parameters and reexecute the same test (without a lot of copy and paste).

Adding additional details requested;

Approach A renders this to page when saving;

  <br><span class="meta">variable defined: test= | Table:myTest | someValue | </span> <br><br><table> <tbody><tr class="slimRowTitle"> <td>Table:myTest</td> <td>someValue</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <br> 

...but when running the test the page doesn't seem to process the table and shows just the variable definition

 <br><span class="meta">variable defined: test= | Table:myTest | someValue | </span> <br><br><br></div> 

Answer 1

Try creating a separate page with the test table.

In your real test page you can include this page multiple times, after assigning values to the variables.