How to represent "And" in Python behave step definition

Question

For example i have following scenario in a feature file

Scenario: A Scenario
    Given a precondition
    When step 1
    And step 2
    Then step 3

In Ruby i can write stepdefinition for above scenario as following:

Given("a precondition") do

end

When("step 1") do

end

And("step 2") do

end

Then("step 3") do

end

I have to implement this using Python Behave and i am confused about And implementation annotation in stepdefinition for this, i did not find @and in the examples i referred.

@given("a precondition")
def given_implementation(context)
    pass

@when("step 1")
def when_implementation(context)
    pass

#which annotation to use for and??
def and_implementation(context)
    pass

@then("step 3")
def then_implementation(context):
    pass

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 08 '18 at 17:55

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And merely inherits from whatever the previous step was. From the docs,

So in your case, you'd want to change your step implementation to the following:

@given("a precondition")
def given_implementation(context)
    pass

@when("step 1")
def when_implementation(context)
    pass

@when("step 2") <--------------------- Changed to this!
def and_implementation(context)
    pass

@then("step 3")
def then_implementation(context):
    pass

answered Nov 08 '18 at 17:55

natn2323

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So, if i use And in Gherkin for better readability and use @when in corresponding step definition, will it work ? – Nafeez Quraishi Nov 08 '18 at 18:06

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '22 at 21:36

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Type @step instead of @when. And it will be universal. It means that the same step definition might be used with other keywords like given, when, then

answered Mar 18 '22 at 21:36

Den Silver

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How to represent "And" in Python behave step definition

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