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Matching a text having line breaks with another String

I am trying to get text from a popup message and then compare it with another string to check whether or not both are same.

Pop-up Screen

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Testing Code

var text = element(by.css('.modal.fade.AppLockPopup.in'));
//expect(text.getText()).toEqual("Warning" + "\n" + " You haven't saved your changes.Are "+ "\n" +" you sure you want to discard your changes? "+ "\n" +" Yes No");
expect(text.getText()).toEqual("Warning You haven't saved your changes.Are you sure you want to discard your changes? Yes No");

Current Output (Fails)

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How do I compare these strings?

Solution

  • Since you are having issues with spaces and newlines, I would suggest using a regular expression to normalize all sequences of whitespace into a single regular space before comparing the two values using your testing framework:

    var text = element(by.css('.modal.fade.AppLockPopup.in')).getText().then(function (e) {
  return e.replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
})

expect(text).toEqual(
  "Warning You haven't saved your changes. Are you sure you want to discard your changes? Yes No"
)