How to Pass Todays/Current date from Fitnesse Table Cell to C# fixture

Question

I want to pass !today (yyyy/MM/dd) from fitnesse table cell to C# fixture. It's not working. However, if I use it on wiki, it's working fine.

Working:

!define !today

Not working:

!|classname|

|!today (yyyy/MM/dd)|

where I am going wrong. Need help in how to pass today's date from fitnesse table to C# fixture.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 10 '17 at 23:40

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The leading ! in a table means the contents of the table are interpreted literally, so symbols like !today are not expanded. Use a plain table:

|classname|
|!today (yyyy/MM/dd)|

answered May 10 '17 at 23:40

Mike Stockdale

If I remove ! before classname on fitnesses table, how would it be able to communicate with C# fixture. How will fitnesse know that it's a class? – Rupesh Barnawal May 11 '17 at 09:22
FitNesse will check for a class name, with or without the ! – Mike Stockdale May 11 '17 at 23:33
Thanks a lot Mike. It worked. But is there any way to pass symbols inside a table cell (table leading with "!") and still retrieving symbol's value in the table cell? – Rupesh Barnawal May 12 '17 at 17:59
No, in a table prefixed with !, no symbol values are retrieved. – Mike Stockdale May 13 '17 at 02:42

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