Abstract: Software test is an important way to improve software quality assurance. Automatic test data generation is an important composition of test automation. This paper introduces a technique of automatic test data generation based on regular expressions. The data generated by this kind of techniques are random, can be controlled, can be defined, meaningful, error-free, and other characteristics. especially large object/special types are supported in this technique. It can solve the problem in automatic test data generation and has better expansibility.

Key words: software test, regular expressions, automatic test data generation

摘要： 软件测试是提高软件可靠性、保证软件质量的重要手段。数据自动生成是测试自动化的重要组成部分。提出一种基于正则表达式的测试数据自动生成技术，生成的数据应该具有随机性、可控制、可定义、有意义、无错误等特性，特别是对大字段/专有类型等特殊类型的支持，可以解决目前测试数据自动生成存在的问题，具有良好的扩展性。

关键词: 软件测试, 正则表达式, 测试数据自动生成

CLC Number: 

• TP311