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RegExp Object: An Alternative to InStr() Function ?

August 28th, 2011 | Posted by Anish Pillai in Not So Common Stuff | QTP Concepts - (0 Comments)

Did you ever encounter a situation where you needed to search a sub-string inside a string? Of course InStr() is a great function which helps users solve this problem. But what happens when the sub-string you want to search contains a regular expression?

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How To Use Regular Expression Evaluator in QTP 11

August 28th, 2011 | Posted by Anish Pillai in QTP Concepts - (4 Comments)

QTP 11 has provided a new feature to test the regular expressions that  automation testers might use in their object repository. This utility, named ‘Regular Expression Evaluator’, helps the users validate their regular expressions before the actual script execution.

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All About Regular Expressions in QTP

August 14th, 2011 | Posted by Anish Pillai in QTP Basic Stuff | QTP Concepts - (4 Comments)

What is a Regular Expression? A regular expression (also known as regexp) is a text that consists of patterns of characters used to identify strings (the string should contain the pattern(s) defined in the regular expression as a sub-string).