When compare count and element value does not work? - protractor

Question

This is my code:
element.all(by.repeater("el in leaveApproved | orderBy:'Applied_Date' track by $index"))
.count()
.then(function(str){
element(by.linkText('Dashboard')).click();
browser.sleep(500);
expect(element(by.xpath(
"//*[#id='divDashboardAppCtl']/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div/div[2]/h1"))
.getText()).toBe(str);
});
When I run, I got Failures:
login page Should check the count for Request Pending leave
Message:
[31m Expected '37' to be 37.[0m Stack:
Error: Failed expectation
at E:\Selenium\Users\Rafeeq\Proc_wfm\spec.js:119:108
at ManagedPromise.invokeCallback_ (E:\Selenium\Users\Rafeeq\Proc_wfm\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\promise.js:1376:14)
at TaskQueue.execute_ (E:\Selenium\Users\Rafeeq\Proc_wfm\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\promise.js:3084:14)
at TaskQueue.executeNext_ (E:\Selenium\Users\Rafeeq\Proc_wfm\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\promise.js:3067:27)
at asyncRun (E:\Selenium\Users\Rafeeq\Proc_wfm\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\promise.js:2927:27)
at E:\Selenium\Users\Rafeeq\Proc_wfm\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\promise.js:668:7
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)

Answer 1

element.all().count() return a Number, but getText() return a String.
expect().toBe() will compare both the Type and Value of the data, equivalent to ===
You need to convert the number to string.
expect(element(by.xpath(
"//*[#id='divDashboardAppCtl']/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div/div[2]/h1"))
.getText()).toBe(str+'');