Yes, it is possible, but you use casper.thenOpenAndEvaluate() which has the word then in it. It means that this function is asynchronous and it returns the casper object to enable a builder/promise pattern. So you cannot return anything from a function like this. Since it is asynchronous, it will be executed after the current step ends, which is after console.log(newCount);.

You would need to split the function, for example like this:

//check if more than 1 page and add report count if (reportPages > 1) { var newCount; this.thenOpen('reports2.html', function(count){ newCount = this.evaluate(function(count){ add = count + $('#table1 tbody').first().children('tr').length; console.log('new count inside: ' + add); return add; }, reportCount); console.log(newCount); }).thenOpen('reports3.html', function(count){ newCount += this.evaluate(function(count){ add = count + $('#table1 tbody').first().children('tr').length; console.log('new count inside: ' + add); return add; }, reportCount); console.log(newCount); }).then(function(){ console.log(newCount); }); } 

It seems like you want to loop over multiple pages. This is usually done recursively, because CasperJS is asynchronous and you don't know beforehand how many pages you need to open. I suggest you look at this question for some examples: CasperJS loop or iterate through multiple web pages?

Yes, it is possible, but you use casper.thenOpenAndEvaluate() which has the word then in it. It means that this function is asynchronous and it returns the casper object to enable a builder/promise pattern. So you cannot return anything from a function like this. Since it is asynchronous, it will be executed after the current step ends, which is after console.log(newCount);.

You would need to split the function, for example like this:

//check if more than 1 page and add report count if (reportPages > 1) { var newCount; this.thenOpen('reports2.html', function(count){ newCount = this.evaluate(function(count){ add = count + $('#table1 tbody').first().children('tr').length; console.log('new count inside: ' + add); return add; }, reportCount); console.log(newCount); }).thenOpen('reports3.html', function(count){ newCount += this.evaluate(function(count){ add = count + $('#table1 tbody').first().children('tr').length; console.log('new count inside: ' + add); return add; }, reportCount); console.log(newCount); }).then(function(){ console.log(newCount); }); } 

It seems like you want to loop over multiple pages. This is usually done recursively, because CasperJS is asynchronous and you don't know beforehand how many pages you need to open. I suggest you look at this question for some examples: CasperJS loop or iterate through multiple web pages?

Yes, it is possible, but you use casper.thenOpenAndEvaluate() which has the word then in it. It means that this function is asynchronous and it returns the casper object to enable a builder/promise pattern. So you cannot return anything from a function like this. Since it is asynchronous, it will be executed after the current step ends, which is after console.log(newCount);.

You would need to split the function, for example like this:

//check if more than 1 page and add report count if (reportPages > 1) { this.thenOpen('reports2.html', function(count){ newCount = this.evaluate(function(count){ add = count + $('#table1 tbody').first().children('tr').length; console.log('new count inside: ' + add); return add; }, reportCount); console.log(newCount); }); } 

It seems like you want to loop over multiple pages. This is usually done recursively, because CasperJS is asynchronous and you don't know beforehand how many pages you need to open. I suggest you look at this question for some examples: CasperJS loop or iterate through multiple web pages?

Yes, it is possible, but you use casper.thenOpenAndEvaluate() which has the word then in it. It means that this function is asynchronous and it returns the casper object to enable a builder/promise pattern. So you cannot return anything from a function like this. Since it is asynchronous, it will be executed after the current step ends, which is after console.log(newCount);.

You would need to split the function, for example like this:

//check if more than 1 page and add report count if (reportPages > 1) { var newCount; this.thenOpen('reports2.html', function(count){ newCount = this.evaluate(function(count){ add = count + $('#table1 tbody').first().children('tr').length; console.log('new count inside: ' + add);  return add; }, reportCount); console.log(newCount); }).thenOpen('reports3.html', function(count){ newCount += this.evaluate(function(count){ add = count + $('#table1 tbody').first().children('tr').length; console.log('new count inside: ' + add); return add; }, reportCount); console.log(newCount); }).then(function(){ console.log(newCount); }); } 

It seems like you want to loop over multiple pages. This is usually done recursively, because CasperJS is asynchronous and you don't know beforehand how many pages you need to open. I suggest you look at this question for some examples: CasperJS loop or iterate through multiple web pages?