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Introduction to Boundary Value

Testing

Boundary Value Testing is one of the popular

software testing mechanism, where testing of

data is done based on boundary values or

between two opposite ends where the ends

may be like from start to end, or lower to upper

or from maximum to minimum. This testing

process was introduced to select boundary

values that came from the boundary based on

the inputs at different ends of testing values.

This black box testing strategy was introduced

after equivalence class partitioning where the

partition of classes takes place first followed by

a partition at the boundaries.

What is Boundary
Value Testing?
The testing is an analysis testing process

that does testing practices at the

boundaries of the partition covering all

the testing defects where equivalence

testing alone was difficult to handle those

defects.

This testing machine is in conjunction

with an equivalence testing mechanism

that provides valid testing scenarios

when there is ordered partition and the

data consists of numeric format.

The boundary values of such a testing

mechanism are identified by the values

present at the extreme boundaries, i.e.

minimum and maximum value.

This is used mainly to analyze the testing

at the partition boundaries and also to

detect anomalies that may occur during

testing cases.

The black box testing techniques are

helpful for detecting any errors or threats

that happened at the boundary values of

valid or invalid partitions rather than

focusing on the center of the input data.

Explain the Test Case

of Boundary Value
Testing
The idea regarding this is cleared from the

above statements. Now, it is time to test what

are the possible causes for Boundary value

testing.

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Test Case Number #1

Let us assume a test case that takes the value

of age from 21 to 65.

BOUNDARY VALUE TEST CASE

INVALID VALID TEST INVALID

TEST CASES TEST

CASE CASE
(Min, +Min, Max,

(Min -Max) (Max

Value – 1) Value +

1)

20 21, 22, 65, 64 66

From the above table, we can view the

following inputs that are given.

The minimum boundary value is given as

21.

The maximum boundary value is given as

65.

The valid inputs for testing purposes are

21, 22, 64 and 65.

The invalid inputs for test cases are 20

and 66.

Test Case Scenarios

1. Input: Enter the value of age as 20 (21-1)

Output: Invalid

2. Input: Enter the value of age as 21

Output: Valid

3. Input: Enter the value of age as 22 (21+1)

Output: Valid

4. Input: Enter the value of age as 65

Output: Valid

5. Input: Enter the value of age as 64 (65-1)

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Output: Valid

6. Input: Enter the value of age as 66 (65+1)

Output: Invalid

Test Case Number #2

Let us assume the next test case that takes the

length of the input name from 8 to 14

characters.

BOUNDARY VALUE TEST CASE

INVALID VALID TEST INVALID

TEST CASES TEST

CASE CASE
(Min, +Min, Max,

(Min -Max) (Max

Value – 1) Value +

1)

7 8, 9, 14, 13 15

From the above table, we can view the

following inputs that are given.

The minimum boundary value is given as

8.

The maximum boundary value is given as

14.

The valid character lengths for testing

purpose are 8, 9, 14 and 13

The invalid character lengths for test

cases are 7 and 15.

Test Case Scenarios

1. Input: Enter the text length as 7 (Min length

-1)

Output: Invalid

2. Input: Enter the text length as 8 (Min length)

Output: Valid

3. Input: Enter the text length as 9 (Min length

+1)

Output: Valid

4. Input: Enter the text length as 14 (Max

length)

Output: Valid

5. Input: Enter the value of age as 13 (Max

length -1)

Output: Valid

6. Input: Enter the value of age as 15 (Max

length +1)

Output: Invalid

Importance
There are lots of importance where I will share

some of them below:

This is done when there is a huge

number of test cases are available for

testing purposes and for checking them

individually, this testing is of great use.

The analysis of test data is done at the

boundaries of partitioned data after

equivalence class partitioning happens

and analysis is done.

This testing process is actually known as

black-box testing that focuses on valid

and invalid test case scenarios and helps

in finding the boundary values at the

extreme ends without hampering any

effective test data valuable for testing

purpose.

This is also responsible for testing where

lots of calculations are required for any

kind of variable inputs and for using in

varieties of applications.

The testing mechanism also helps in

detecting errors or faults at the

boundaries of the partition that is a plus

point as most errors occur at the

boundaries before the applications are

submitted to the clients.

Examples to Implement
Boundary Value
Testing
The examples to implement for the same are as

follows:

Example #1: Suppose, a printer has to make

and deliver printed copies ranging from 1 to

150. So, to apply boundary value testing, the

analysis is done on the boundaries, taking the

extreme ends. The maximum value is 150 and

the minimum value is 1. The invalid values in

this test case will be 0 and 151. Therefore,

there will be four boundary value tests for such

a scenario.

Example #2: Another example is that consider

the field that holds the maximum 5 digit

character. The maximum value of the field is

99999 and the minimum value is 10000. These

are the boundary values and the values below

minimum and above maximum, all fall under

invalid cases and testing is done according to

that.

Conclusion
For designing and testing a large set of data for

creating a major application, various

techniques are required and for running and

executing such test cases, boundary value

testing plays an important role in achieving

100 percent efficiency, quality, and reliability in

testing procedures.

Recommended Articles
This is a guide to Boundary Value Testing. Here

we discuss an introduction, what is Boundary

Value Testing, explanation with testing, and

examples. You can also go through our other

related articles to learn more –

1. Application Testing

2. Grey Box Testing

3. Software Testing Interview Questions

4. Selenium Load Testing

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