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 get last check information

get last check information

Description

Retrieve the basic information related to the most recently executed check action. (Note that this applies to any check-type action, such as check control exists.)

Arguments

• check

  Variable to receive the returned description of the most recent check action.

• expected

  Variable to receive the returned expected value of the most recent check action.

• recorded

  Variable to receive the returned recorded value of the most recent check action.

• result

  Variable to receive the returned result of the most recent check action.

  Possible values:

  • Passed
  • Failed

Valid contexts

This action may be used within the following project items: test modules and user-defined actions.

Notes

• If the variables in argumentscheck, expected, recorded or resulthave not been declared, the action creates them as globals.
• For each of check, expected, recorded and result, if the argument is left empty, a variable with the same name as the argument header is created to hold the return value.
• This action supports the <ignore> modifier. If the string <ignore> is present as the value of any of the arguments, or any argument contains an expression that evaluates to <ignore>, the action is skipped during execution.

Applicable Built-In Settings

The following settings are applicable to this action: remove double quotes from cells.

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