Compare 2 values

[vladparl]

Hello, I have 2 values saved in response like this:

        And response object items[0].grossFloorAreaM2 is saved in variable grossFloorAreaM2_first
        And response object items[1].grossFloorAreaM2 is saved in variable grossFloorAreaM2_second

using this step definition:

Then(/^response object (.*) is saved in variable (.*)$/, {timeout: 30000}, function (path, name) {
  spec.stores(name, path);
});

Is there any way to check that "grossFloorAreaM2_first" > "grossFloorAreaM2_second"?

[ASaiAnudeep]

You can use parse function to get the value of stored variables.

const { parse } = require('pactum');

const first = parse('$S{grossFloorAreaM2_first}');
const second = parse('$S{grossFloorAreaM2_second}');

// write your custom assertions to compare the values

[vladparl]

Hmm thanks for your answer, but still I am not sure how to write assertion for that.

I am using https://github.com/pactumjs/pactum-cucumber-boilerplate project and there is no step for that

[ASaiAnudeep]

You need to add a new custom step to perform this assertion.

const { parse } = require('pactum');
const assert = require('assert');

Then(/^I expect area one greater than area two$/, function (body) {
  const first = parse('$S{grossFloorAreaM2_first}');
  const second = parse('$S{grossFloorAreaM2_second}');
  
  assert.strictEqual(first > second, true);
});

[vladparl]

Thank you!