For Loops, Using the Repeat action in Alchemy Tests

In an Alchemy Test, a ‘For Loop’ is sometimes referred to as a repeater.  ‘Repeat’ is an Alchemy built-in Action that produces a ‘for loop’ construct in a test.  The repeat action can iterate over a fixed count, a collection of non-unique elements defined by a special locator, rows in a data source table, or a static list.

Creating a ‘For Loop’

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Step 1: Select the Step(s) to repeat
• Step 2: Use the Ribbon menu to 'Repeat these Steps'
• Step 3: Name the Function
• Step 4: Select the Loop Mode

Step 1: Select the Step(s) to repeat

• select the step(s) to be included in the for loop by clicking the checkbox to the left of each step

Step 2: Use the Ribbon menu to 'Repeat these Steps'

• From the ribbon menu choose “Repeat these steps”

Step 3: Name the Function

• Next, you’ll be presented with a dialog asking you to name the function that you’ll be repeating.  What Alchemy is going to do is, take the steps that you selected in #1 and create a function containing those steps.  It will also, simultaneously, create a For Loop in the main test that calls that function a given number of times.  

Step 4: Select the Loop Mode

• Loop Mode is where you tell the test what list of items to use for each loop iteration.  Loop mode can be just a fixed count, or it can be a number of rows in a data table, or a number of non-unique elements identified by a special locator.
• In this example I chose to loop over data.  Specifically a data table I created called "ssst".
• Inside the function, I use the data in column "c1" of that table.

The test:

The function:

A ‘Repeat’ action can loop over various things including data rows in a data source table, a collection of non-unique elements identified by a special locator, or a fixed count.  Be sure to see this video (linked below) on looping over data in a csv file data source.  

https://youtu.be/fuOPwYbXKJw?si=ALLYt-WR7uJULMXG