Using data tables

Data tables are a way to define data for steps in a tabular way, which makes it clearer when dealing with complex JSON arrays.

Here is a basic example:

* table numbersAndWords
   | number | word   |
   | 5      | 'five' |
   | 10     | 'ten'  |
* print numbersAndWords

This prints out the following structure:

13:31:39.879 [com.intuit.karate.cli.Main.main()] INFO  com.intuit.karate - [print] [
  {
    "number": 5,
    "word": "five"
  },
  {
    "number": 10,
    "word": "ten"
  }
]

This is how the data table is turned into JSON:

• The * table numbersAndWords line signals to Karate that a data table is expected that...