From: Toby <t.catlin@...>
Date: 2006-02-28T23:21:54+09:00
Subject: Using assert() in a loop

Hello everybody

I hope this question isn't answered somewhere else, but the search was 
disabled so i hope that excuses me.

I have been introducted to Ruby thorugh the need to write Watir tests to 
do functional testing. I have an array of URLs that i wish to check and 
a loop to go through them. I use the assert() function to find out 
whether a particular link has scrolled to the correct position. If the 
test fails (ie assert(false)) ruby breaks out of the loop and doesn't 
check the rest of the urls.

I have added a begin/rescue statement which stops ruby breaking out the 
loops but Watir then reports zero failures.

Code looks like this:

[code]
def test_href_Exists

		href_start = 
"http://localhost/fc_codebase/_web/?urn=com.firstconsult/1/101/1010022"

		link_arr = {
		"Description" => "198"
		}

		href_addr = [
		"%23ah_70002::th_unused",
		"%23ah_70089::th_",
		"#ah_70002::th_unused",
		"%23ah_70002::",
		"#ah_70002::",
		"%23ah_70002::",
		"#ah_70002::",
		"%23ah_70002::t)(*&^%$",
		"#ah_70002::t)(*&^%$",
		"%23ah_70002::%23tyh_888",
		"#ah_70002::#tyh_888",
		"%23ah_70567::th_unsed",
		"%23ah_70567::th_70002",
		"%23ah_70567::th_unused",
		"%23ah_unused::th_unused",
		"#ah_unused::th_unused",
		"#ah_70567::th_",
		"%23ah_70567::th_",
		"%23ah_70567::th_70002&%",
		"#ah_70567::th_70002%%",
		]

		$ie.goto(href_start)

		link_arr.each do |key, value|
			href_addr.each do |href_arr_val|

				href_complete = href_start + href_arr_val
				$ie.text_field(:name, "id_href").set(href_complete)
				$ie.link(:text, key).click
				puts $ie.text_field(:name, "id_href").getContents() + " " + 
href_arr_val

				begin

				   assert(result);

				rescue => e

				    puts "*FAILED*." + e.message
				end

			end
		end
[/code]

I am fairly sure there is a simple explaination but nothing i have tried 
works so far this week.

Any help would be gratfully recieved

thanks loads
toby

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