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How to represent "And" in Python behave step definition

For example i have following scenario in a feature file

Scenario: A Scenario
    Given a precondition
    When step 1
    And step 2
    Then step 3

In Ruby i can write stepdefinition for above scenario as following:

Given("a precondition") do

end

When("step 1") do

end

And("step 2") do

end

Then("step 3") do

end

I have to implement this using Python Behave and i am confused about And implementation annotation in stepdefinition for this, i did not find @and in the examples i referred.

@given("a precondition")
def given_implementation(context)
    pass

@when("step 1")
def when_implementation(context)
    pass

#which annotation to use for and??
def and_implementation(context)
    pass

@then("step 3")
def then_implementation(context):
    pass
Solution

  • And merely inherits from whatever the previous step was. From the docs,

    From website

    So in your case, you'd want to change your step implementation to the following:

    @given("a precondition")
def given_implementation(context)
    pass

@when("step 1")
def when_implementation(context)
    pass

@when("step 2") <--------------------- Changed to this!
def and_implementation(context)
    pass

@then("step 3")
def then_implementation(context):
    pass