py2/3 fix test logic to handle bytes vs strings when matching

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/QMTest/TestCmd.py b/QMTest/TestCmd.py
index 07a39056..3b745f85 100644
--- a/QMTest/TestCmd.py
+++ b/QMTest/TestCmd.py
@@ -453,13 +453,17 @@ def pass_test(self = None, condition = 1, function = None):
     sys.exit(0)
 
 
-def match_exact(lines = None, matches = None):
+def match_exact(lines = None, matches = None, newline = '\n'):
     """
     """
+
+    if isinstance(lines, bytes) or bytes is str:
+        newline = to_bytes('\n')
+
     if not is_List(lines):
-        lines = lines.split("\n")
+        lines = lines.split(newline)
     if not is_List(matches):
-        matches = matches.split("\n")
+        matches = matches.split(newline)
     if len(lines) != len(matches):
         return
     for i in range(len(lines)):