Unable to run xpath functions

[eeishaan]

Due to improper splitting here (in check.py) the following test case is unable to run :

test_interfaces_terse:
  - command: show interfaces terse
  - iterate:
      id: ./name
      xpath: //physical-interface
      tests:
        - exists: ./name[contains(substring(.,1,3),'pfe')]

An error is produced which says that the xpath is invalid.
This can be reproduced by using xpath functions in the xpath specified with the operator( exists here )

[sidhujasminder]

@eeishaan What i see in XPATH docs is that most of the xpath functions have "[ ]", So do you think it will be ok to split considering this in code?

[eeishaan]

How about using a regexp? This regexp: /((?!,)(?! ).*?\[.*?\])/ should capture all the nodes in the exists list without the , and space separators.

Reading to understand the regexp:

• http://www.regular-expressions.info/lookaround.html
• https://stackoverflow.com/a/1428802