How to handle Cucumber AmbiguousStepDefinitions Exception?

Question

Currently I'm running a series of tests which use the following steps:

 @And("^I select (.*) as a subject type$")
    public void click_on_subject_type(String subject) {
        String subjectType = String.format("//*[text()='%s']", subject);
        waitAndClickUsingByLocator(By.xpath(subjectType), Global_Vars.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
    }

    @And("^I select (.*)$")
    public void click_on_level(String level) {
        String subjectType = String.format("//*[text()='%s']", level);
        waitAndClickUsingByLocator(By.xpath(subjectType), Global_Vars.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
    }

Upon execution of my code it seems to be throwing the exception: cucumber.runtime.AmbiguousStepDefinitionsException: flagging both of the steps listed above.

I have also added ^ $ to the step definitions however the issue still persists, any ideas how to ressolve this issue?

Surround the regex by single quotes in stepdef method and the variable in feature file. ^I select '(.*)' as a subject type$ and ^I select '(.*)'$ — Grasshopper, Feb 15 '19 at 07:31
I'm afraid its unable to locate a matching step definition by appending '' to the regex statement. — SamP, Feb 15 '19 at 11:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 14 '19 at 14:09

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For a quick and easy fix you can just rename the second step to: @And("^I select (.*) as a level$")

This also makes it easier to understand the scenarios.

answered Feb 14 '19 at 14:09

Justus K

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