Selenium IDE how to remove double quotes from a variable string

[whopiecat]

Hello:

I would like to do this in the Selenium IDE.

I would like to remove the double quotes from a string variable.

I have established the variable testKeyword.

<tr>

<td>store</td>

<td>javascript{storedVars.metaTags[storedVars.index]}</td>

<td>testKeyword

</td>

example: testKeyword = "child"

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I would like to remove the double quotes from the string in the testKeyword variable.

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I have tried several replace scripts:

<tr>

<td>store</td>

<td>javascript{storedVars.testKeyword.replace('&quot;','')}</td>

<td>testKeywordwoQuotes</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>runScript</td>

<td>javascript{storedVars.testKeyword.replace('&quot;','')}</td>

<td>testKeywordwoQuotes</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>storeEval</td>

<td>javascript{storedVars.testKeyword.replace('&quot;','')}</td>

<td>testKeywordwoQuotes</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>storeExpression</td>

<td>javascript{storedVars.testKeyword.replace('&quot;','')}</td>

<td>testKeywordwoQuotes</td>

</tr>

None of these code examples are removing the double quotes from the variable.

Any help would be appreciated with removing the double quotes from a variable.

Thanks

[kiisu]

<tr>

<td>storeEval</td>

<td>storedVars['testKeyword'].replace(/"/g,"";);</td>

<td>newKeyword</td>

</tr>

[Peter Gale]

Kisu

Having quotes around a string seems quote unusual, and given that your seemingly valid attempts to remove the quotes from a string have failed, I think we need to ask: in what context are you seeing a string with quotes in it? how has it arisen? can you show us some screenshots where this situation is demonstrated?

Peter

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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:28:45 -0700
From: ki...@renewfund.com
To: seleniu...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [selenium-users] Re: Selenium IDE how to remove double quotes from a variable string

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[whopiecat]

This group is great.

Thanks for all the help.

Kisu: I tried your example code and received [error] Threw an exception: missing ) after argument list.

My code is this:

<tr>

<td>storeEval</td>

<td>storedVars['testKeyword'].replace(/&quot;/g,&quot;&quot;;);</td>

<td>newKeyword</td>

</tr>

On Thursday, August 23, 2012 2:24:11 AM UTC-5, PeterJef...@Hotmail.co.uk wrote:

Kisu

Having quotes around a string seems quote unusual, and given that your seemingly valid attempts to remove the quotes from a string have failed, I think we need to ask: in what context are you seeing a string with quotes in it? how has it arisen? can you show us some screenshots where this situation is demonstrated?

Peter

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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:28:45 -0700
From: ki...@renewfund.com
To: seleniu...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [selenium-users] Re: Selenium IDE how to remove double quotes from a variable string

<tr>

<td>storeEval</td>

<td>storedVars['testKeyword'].replace(/"/g,"";);</td>

<td>newKeyword</td>

</tr>

Thanks

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[Peter Gale]

Kisu

Perhaps you'd answer my question now, then?

It might help.

Peter

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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:50:54 -0700
From: beaty...@gmail.com
To: seleniu...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [selenium-users] Re: Selenium IDE how to remove double quotes from a variable string

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[kiisu]

Peter,

Not me asking the question... it is me answering the question, easy enough to mix up.  I made a typo in my previous example.  See below.

whopiecat,

Sorry about that, there was an extra ; in the second td of the example I gave you.  Just remove that and it works.

<tr>

<td>storeEval</td>

<td>storedVars['testKeyword'].replace(/"/g,"");</td>

<td>newKeyword</td>

</tr>

It uses javascript syntax.  The semicolon represents the end of the statement, thus it was prematurely ending the line before the argument list was closed in my first example. This is why it generated the error.

replace(/"/g,"") takes all the "'s it encounters in your variable storedVars['testKeyword'] and replaces them with what is between the quotes in the second argument, which in this case is nothing.  Without the g in the /"/g it would only replace the first one.  replace, match and split can help you out a lot when you need to clean up strings.

-kiisu.

[Beaty.paul]

Thanks for the update and code explanation.

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[kiisu]

You're welcome I hope you've found it helpful!

-kiisu.

[Peter Gale]

Kiisu,

Sorry, yes I was directinig the question at whoopiecat.

If your solution doesn't work I think we need to see the context in which Whoopiecat is seeing the problem.

Peter

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Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:56:59 -0700
From: ki...@renewfund.com
To: seleniu...@googlegroups.com

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