Running FitNesse tests stored in variable

Question

I'm trying to get FitNesse (slim tests running via fitSharp) to process tables stored in a variable. Both approach A & B below render the same on the page, but only approach B will run.

Approach A

!define test (
| Table:myTest | someValue |
)
${test}

Approach B

| Table:myTest | someValue |

This example is rather superficial, but in my tests I'm looking to vary some parameters and reexecute the same test (without a lot of copy and paste).

Adding additional details requested;

Approach A renders this to page when saving;

   <br><span class="meta">variable defined: test=
| Table:myTest | someValue |
</span>
<br><br><table>
 <tbody><tr class="slimRowTitle">
  <td>Table:myTest</td>
  <td>someValue</td>
 </tr>
</tbody></table>
<br>

...but when running the test the page doesn't seem to process the table and shows just the variable definition

<br><span class="meta">variable defined: test=
| Table:myTest | someValue |
</span>
<br><br><br></div>

Answer 1

Try creating a separate page with the test table.

In your real test page you can include this page multiple times, after assigning values to the variables.