example_loop_chimp_undefined.js

for (i = 2; i <= listSize; i++) {

            previousListItem = browser.element('.//*[@id=\''+listType+'List\']/'+listType+'-list-item['+(i-1)+']');
            currentListItem = browser.element('.//*[@id=\''+listType+'List\']/'+listType+'-list-item['+i+']');
            
            if(listType === 'user') {
                previousListItemValue = previousListItem.getText('[data-automation-name="user-last-name"]');
                currentListItemValue = currentListItem.getText('[data-automation-name="user-last-name"]');
            }
            else {
                previousListItemValue = previousListItem.getText('[data-automation-name="'+listType+'-name"]');
                currentListItemValue = currentListItem.getText('[data-automation-name="'+listType+'-name"]');
            }

            sortActualResult = util.strcmp(previousListItemValue.toUpperCase(), currentListItemValue.toUpperCase());

            //Perform the below iff the previous and current user have the same last name
            if(listType==='user' && sortActualResult === 0) {
                    //check if first names are the same
                    
                    //@chimp - the below is where I typically yet intermittently fail - has occurred on different iterations of loop
                    //If the element didn't exist I'd expect to fail when calling toUpperCase() on undefined during my stringcompare.
                    previousListItemValue = previousListItem.getText('[data-automation-name="user-first-name"]');
                    currentListItemValue = currentListItem.getText('[data-automation-name="user-first-name"]');
           
                    sortActualResult = util.strcmp(previousListItemValue.toUpperCase(), currentListItemValue.toUpperCase());
           
                    if (sortActualResult === 0) {
                        //check if emails are the same
                        previousListItemValue = previousListItem.getText('[data-automation-name="user-email"]');
                        currentListItemValue = currentListItem.getText('[data-automation-name="user-email"]');
           
                        sortActualResult = util.strcmp(previousListItemValue.toUpperCase(), currentListItemValue.toUpperCase());
                    }
            }

            expect(sortActualResult).toEqual(sortExpectedResult, "Actual Result: " + previousListItemValue + "; Expected Result: " + currentListItemValue);
        }