How to Use Variables in Selenium IDE for Chrome?

When using variables in test steps in Selenium IDE for Chrome, you need to remember the following:

1. Use "store *" commands to assign values to variables. For example, "store | Hello world! | message" assigns "Hello world!" as a text value to a variable named as "message".

2. Retrieve value from variable using the ${variable} expression. For example, "echo | ${message}" prints the text value from variable named as "message" in the log.

3. Don't use arithmetic expressions as values. Selenium IDE does not evaluate arithmetic expressions. For example, "store | 1+2+3+4+5 | sum" assigns the string "1+2+3+4+5" to "sum", not the value 15.

4. Use "execute script | return expression; | variable" to evaluate any expression and store the result to a variable. For example, "execute script | return 1+2+3+4+5 | sum" assigns 15 to "sum".

Here is a sample test called "Variable" on how to use variables:

1  store | Hello world! | message
2  echo | ${message}
3  store | 1+2+3+4+5 | sum
4  echo | ${sum}
5  execute script | return 1+2+3+4+5; | sum 
6  echo | ${sum}

Here is the log output when you execute the above test.

1. store on Hello world! with value message OK
echo: Hello world!
3. store on 1+2+3+4+5 with value sum OK
echo: 1+2+3+4+5
5. executeScript on return 1+2+3+4+5; with value sum OK
echo: 15
'Variable' completed successfully

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