ACTIONS
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Actions in web automation are predefined commands that instruct the automation framework to perform specific tasks. Here's a detailed list of actions:
Simulates a mouse click on a web element.
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PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,loginButton,CLICK,NONE,NONE,NONE
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The SEND_KEYS
action is a multi-purpose command in web automation that is primarily known for sending keystrokes to web elements. However, it also serves as a supporting action for various commands by providing necessary values or parameters.
SEND_KEYS
can be associated with the following commands to support their actions:
LOAD_URL
Provides the URL to be loaded in the browser.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,LOAD_URL,https://www.saucedemo.com/,NONE,NONE
DEPENDANT_TEST_CASE
Specifies the name of the test case to be executed as a dependency.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,DEPENDANT_TEST_CASE,search,NONE,NONE
PERFORM_PRE_FLOWS
Indicates the specific pre-flow steps to be executed before the main test actions.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,PERFORM_PRE_FLOWS,FIRST_NAME,NONE,NONE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,userName,SEND_KEYS,GlobalVariables:FIRST_NAME,NONE,NONE
HARD_WAIT
Defines the duration of the pause in the test execution, typically given in seconds or milliseconds.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,DEPENDANT_TEST_CASE,search,NONE,NONE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,HARD_WAIT,3,NONE,NONE
API_EXECUTOR
Sends necessary parameters for the API call being executed within the test.
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PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,API_EXECUTOR,POST,NONE,NONE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,LOAD_URL,https://www.saucedemo.com/,NONE,NONE
CUSTOM
Passes custom values or scripts that are required for a custom-defined action.
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PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,CUSTOM,CustomClass:LoadString,NONE,NONE
Here CustomClass -> class name and MethodName -> LoadString
FETCH_GMAIL_SUBJECT
Provides a filter or condition to retrieve the subject line of an email from Gmail.
To get gmail body , syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,FETCH_GMAIL_SUBJECT,TestSubject&&30|TestName,NONE,NONE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,CUSTOM,CustomClass:fetchBody,NONE,NONE
Here TestSubject -> is gmail subject , 30 -> time difference in minutes and TestName -> is by the name with body is stored in globalvariables.
To get Specific String from mail body, syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,FETCH_GMAIL_SUBJECT,testSubject1&&5&&suffix&&prefix|TestName1,NONE,NONE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,CUSTOM,CustomClass:fetchBody,NONE,NONE
Here testSubject1 -> is gmail subject , 5 -> time difference in minutes , suffix -> Suffix of the mail body, prefix -> prefix of the mail body, TestName1 -> is by the name with body is stored in globalvariables
EXPLICIT_WAIT_TEXT_PRESENT
Specifies the text for which the automation should wait until it is present on the element.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,errorMessage,EXPLICIT_WAIT_TEXT_PRESENT,Epic sadface: Username and password do not match any user in this service&&10,NONE,NONE
In sendkeys -> TextToBeWait&&TimeOut
SAVE
Can be used to specify the name or key under which to save element text during the test for later use.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,errorMessage,SAVE,errormessagename,NONE,NONE
SendKeys have the name with which element text is saved in global variables.
Wait until a web element is no longer visible on the page. Include a timeout in SEND_KEYS to wait until the element is no longer visible
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,errorMessage,WAIT_INVISIBILITY,20,NONE,NONE
Opens a new tab in the browser.
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PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,CREATE_NEW_TAB,NONE,NONE,NONE
Navigates to a specified URL in the browser.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,LOAD_URL,https://www.saucedemo.com/,NONE,NONE
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,DEPENDANT_TEST_CASE,search,NONE,NONE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,GENERATE_RANDOM_EMAIL_ADDRESS,NONE,NONE,NONE
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PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,DEPENDANT_TEST_CASE,search,NONE,NONE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,GENERATE_RANDOM_EMAIL_ADDRESS,NONE,NONE,NONE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,userName,SEND_KEYS,MOCK:getRandomEmail,NONE,NONE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,HARD_WAIT,5,NONE,NONE
Demo:
Retrieves the random email body text of a random email address
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,FETCH_RANDOM_EMAIL_BODY,suffix&&preffix|NameStore,NONE,NONE
suffix -> Suffix of the mail body, prefix -> prefix of the mail body, TestName1 -> is by the name with body is stored in globalvariables
Usage:
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
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NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,FETCH_RANDOM_EMAIL_BODY,To get started&&using the|TestName,NONE,NONE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,CUSTOM,CustomClass:getRandomEmailBody,NONE,NONE
Demo:
Simulates the pressing of the keyboard's down arrow key.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
elementforautomation,NONE,NONE,select,ELEMENT_DOWN_ARROW,NONE,NONE,NONE
Simulates the pressing of the keyboard's tab key.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
elementforautomation,NONE,NONE,select,ELEMENT_TAB,NONE,NONE,NONE
Switches the focus to a specified iframe on the page using web element
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,SWITCH_FRAME_WEB_ELEMENT,PAGENAME:ELEMENTNAME,NONE,NONE
Switches the focus back to the parent frame from an iframe.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,SWITCH_FRAME_PARENT,NONE,NONE,NONE
Closes the browser and ends the web driver session.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,DRIVER_QUIT,NONE,NONE,NONE
Initiates a new session using the Chrome browser.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,CHROME_BROWSER,NONE,NONE,NONE
Pauses the test execution for a specified duration.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,HARD_WAIT,10,NONE,NONE
Demo:
Performs a specified API call as part of the test.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,API_EXECUTOR,ApiTestCase,NONE,NONE
Refreshes the current page in the browser.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,REFRESH,NONE,NONE,NONE
Allows the execution of a custom-defined action or script.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,CUSTOM,CLASSNAME:METHODNAME,NONE,NONE
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PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,FETCH_GMAIL_SUBJECT,TestSubject&&30|TestName,NONE,NONE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,CUSTOM,CustomClass:fetchBody,NONE,NONE
Waits for specific text to be present on the page.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,errorMessage,EXPLICIT_WAIT_TEXT_PRESENT,Epic sadface: Username
Save the element text into the given variable name in sendkeys
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,errorMessage,SAVE,errormessagename,NONE,NONE
Clears the text from an input field.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,errorMessage,CLEAR,NONE,NONE,NONE
Indicates no action is to be taken, often used as a placeholder or default value.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,errorMessage,NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE
Select element from the list using element value attribute
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,errorMessage,SELECT_BY_VALUE,elemenAttibuteValue,NONE,NONE
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Select element from the list using element index
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PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,errorMessage,SELECT_BY_INDEX,elemenIndex,NONE,NONE
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Select element from the list using element text
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,errorMessage,SELECT_BY_TEXT,elemenText,NONE,NONE
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Deselect element from the list using element value attribute
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PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,errorMessage,DESELECT_BY_VALUE,elemenAttibuteValue,NONE,NONE
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Deselect element from the list using element index
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PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,errorMessage,DESELECT_BY_INDEX,elemenIndex,NONE,NONE
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Deselect element from the list using element text
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PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,errorMessage,DESELECT_BY_TEXT,elemenText,NONE,NONE
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Simulates a mouse click on a web element using javascript.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,loginButton,CLICK_BY_JS,NONE,NONE,NONE
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Simulates a mouse double click on a web element
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,loginButton,DOUBLE_CLICK,NONE,NONE,NONE
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Clear the web element before sending a character sequence to the web element.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
SwagLabs,VISIBILITY,NONE,loginButton,CLEAR_SEND_KEYS,sample data,NONE,NONE
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Wait for the alert to become visible on the webpage. Include a timeout in SEND_KEYS to wait until the alert is visible. This action should be used along with ALERT_DISMISS, ALERT_ACCEPT, ALERT_GET_TEXT, ALERT_SEND_KEYS
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,WAIT_FOR_ALERT,10,NONE,NONE
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Dismiss the alert pop-up on the webpage.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,ALERT_DISMISS,NONE,NONE,NONE
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Accept the alert pop-up on the webpage.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,ALERT_ACCEPT,NONE,NONE,NONE
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Retrieve the text from the alert pop-up on the webpage and save it in a global variable.
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PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,ALERT_GET_TEXT,variableName,NONE,NONE
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Send a character sequence to the alert pop-up on the webpage.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,ALERT_SEND_KEYS,sample data,NONE,NONE
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Simulate pressing the DOWN arrow key on the webpage.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,KEYBOARD_DOWN_ARROW,NONE,NONE,NONE
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Simulate pressing the UP arrow key on the webpage.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,KEYBOARD_UP_ARROW,NONE,NONE,NONE
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Simulate pressing the ENTER key on the webpage.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,KEYBOARD_ENTER,NONE,NONE,NONE
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Switch to the window that matches the specified title.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,SWITCH_BY_TITLE,WebPageTitle,NONE,NONE
Switch to the window that matches the specified URL.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,SWITCH_BY_URL,https://www.url.com,NONE,NONE
Switch to the main window where the driver has the browser open.
Syntax ->
PAGE_NAME,WAIT_TYPE,SCROLL_TYPE,ELEMENT_NAME,ACTIONS,SEND_KEYS,VALIDATION,VALIDATION_TYPE
NONE,NONE,NONE,NONE,SWITCH_TO_PARENT_WINDOW,NONE,NONE,NONE
Generates a random email address using the and stores it in KeyInitializers with name getRandomEmail
Executes steps from a previously defined test case. Learn More
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Retrieves the subject line of an email from Gmail, typically used in email verification. More
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