Cucumber Scenario Outline: Passing empty string “ ” as value in Examples table

Question

I have a cucumber scenario outline in which Examples table I would like to pass an empty string (\" \") and line breaks (\\n \\n \\n) as value. I want to edit an textfield a

Answer 1

You only need to put the <columnName> between "" in your feature definition. Example:

And I set name "<NewName>" for conversation

In your step definition, the step could be annotated like as follows:

   @And("^And I set name \"([^\"]*)\" for conversation$")
   public void And_I_set_name_for_conversation(String newName) throws Throwable {
      ...
   }

Hope it helps