# Error "Unable to verify match between actual text and Expected text"

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/error-unable-to-verify-match-between-actual-text-and-expected-text/13992>\
**Category:** Web Testing\
**Tags:** web-testing, katalon-studio\
**Created:** [October 29, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/error-unable-to-verify-match-between-actual-text-and-expected-text/13992 "2018-10-29T15:54:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Bhavana\_Rawat1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@Bhavana\_Rawat1](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Bhavana_Rawat1)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/error-unable-to-verify-match-between-actual-text-and-expected-text/13992/1 "2018-10-29T15:54:29Z")

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fullName = WebUI.getText(findTestObject(‘Page\_Regression\_All\_Controls/actionconcat\_FullName’))

WebUI.verifyMatch(fullName, ‘Full Name Content Snippet: Bhavana Rawat​’, false, FailureHandling.STOP\_ON\_FAILURE)

10-29-2018 03:51:27 PM - [FAILED] - Unable to verify match between actual text ‘Full Name Content Snippet: Bhavana Rawat’ and expected text ‘Full Name Content Snippet: Bhavana Rawat​’ (Root cause: Actual text ‘Full Name Content Snippet: Bhavana Rawat’ and expected text ‘Full Name Content Snippet: Bhavana Rawat​’ are not matched)

Can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![Andrej\_Podhajsky](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/andrej_podhajsky/32/1055_2.png) [@Andrej\_Podhajsky](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Andrej_Podhajsky)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/error-unable-to-verify-match-between-actual-text-and-expected-text/13992/2 "2018-10-29T18:53:47Z")

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hello,  
getText does aldo delete of any white space before/after text content of element.  
try to use regexp version of verifyMatch() function

```auto
WebUI.verifyMatch(fullName, '.*Full Name Content Snippet: Bhavana Rawat.*​', true, FailureHandling.STOP_ON_FAILURE)

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**Author:** ![revanth.setru24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@revanth.setru24](https://forum.katalon.com/u/revanth.setru24)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/error-unable-to-verify-match-between-actual-text-and-expected-text/13992/3 "2019-03-26T04:13:21Z")

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Hello guys,  
I want to verify text of an element of a web page. i’ve used keyword verify element text.  
i am unable to pass that test case due to this verifying element text step.  
here is the screenshot

 ![06%20AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/2X/0/0cc0c305d22a6a4250149074182a8ae71c90afce.png)

pls pls help me …thank you in advance