anyone use JMeter?

[lozina]

what is the proper syntax for comparing a string value to put into the Condition field of a while loop?

LEt's say I needed to compare a variable called name to "Bob"

simply doing: ${name} == "Bob"
does not seem to work

 

[Stuxnet]

You need to use the equals() method... '==' will just perform referential equality.

 

[tfinch2]

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api...g/String.html#equals(java.lang.Object)

 

[lozina]

You guys know what I'm talking about? I don't think you can put Java code in this condition field... I tried it anyway and confirmed it does not work:

${name}.equals("Bob") <= does not work

 

[wkinney]

wtf is this ${name}?
.equals returns true if they are equal, so

String name = "Bob";
while(name.equals("Bob")) {

}

Edit:
Also why is jmeter the topic?

 

[Stuxnet]

What in the world are you trying to do? Where are you getting this "${name}" stuff from? Give us a broader snippet of code and a broader idea of what you're trying to do.

 

[lozina]

This is what I'm talking about, right here

not Java... I'm familiar with Java's while loops

 

[lozina]

In JMeter, variables are accessed with the syntax ${VARIABLE_NAME}

 

[glinius1]

JMeter's While Controller accepts either a function or a variable.

Either evaluated function or variable should be changed to "false" somewhere, otherwise your test will run forever.

So you need to modify your expression to be:

${__javaScript("${name}"=="Bob",)}

See How to Use JMeter Functions posts series for comprehensive information on various JMeter functions.