Global Variables¶

Purpose¶

Global variables are variables that can be accessed anywhere in the script.

A global variable can be declared multiple times. For example, you may declare it in RVL and in JavaScript to share the same value.

Usually, global variables are defined in the RVL Sheet, Common.js, or in one of the User.js files.

Usage¶

Using RVL¶

See Global Variables in RVL.

Using User.js¶

Any variable defined in User.js is considered a global variable.

// Note: The variable should be declared outside the scope of any function to be global
var g_myGlobalVar = 5;

function SomeFunction()
{
}
...

Using Common.js¶

You may want to have a common file with global variables reused across different tests. In this case, you need to include Common.js in the root User.js file (it is not recommended to include it from within the Test() function).

Common.js:

// Global variable lazy declaration:
var g_myGlobalVar = 5;

Using SeSOnTestInit¶

Note: This is an older way of defining local variables. Since Rapise 3, a new way is preferred.

Define your global variables in SeSOnTestInit(). Because Rapise uses JavaScript, you can initialize global variables inside of functions. See the sample SeSOnTestInit() below.

SeSOnTestInit(function () {
    global.number_of_visited_links = 0; // This variable becomes global
    var local_var = 5; // This variable is local for TestInit function
});

The var keyword creates variables with local scope. A variable initialized with global.varname=... automatically becomes a global variable.