Hi,
I am automating my test cases, that goes like this...
1) Save the output in a.txt
2) Compare the above file with b.txt.
So the code I have written is stated as below...


## READ THE OUPUT ACTUAL FILE
open(DAT_Source, $Actual_data_file) || die("Could not open file!");
my @raw_data_Actual=<DAT_Source>;
close(DAT_Source);
# READ THE OUPUT OF EXP FILE AND ASSIGN IT TO AN ARRAY
open(DAT_Expected, $Expected_data_file) || die("Could not open file!");
my @raw_data_Expected=<DAT_Expected>;
close(DAT_Expected);
#### VALIDATION OF THE TWO FILES ######
if (@raw_data_Actual == @raw_data_Expected)
{
print "$TCNumCurrent\t--\t$Pre1Current\tPass\n";
}
else
{
print "$TCNumCurrent\t--\t$Pre1Current\t--\t\t\t\tFail\n";
}

But this always gives the results as pass. It doesn't fail even if I change some text in b.txt. Help!!!!

In reply to Comparing two text files by ganilmohan

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