From: Ban Hoang <bhoang@...>
Date: 2006-08-25T02:40:20+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I strip off the extra double quote or white space in the string when using assert_equal method

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This is what I got for the second array when comparing: It was not
recognize separate element to put the double quote for each...

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  1) Failure:

test__02_DropDown_list_verified(TC_pulldownBoxVerified)
[Assert_equal_From_File.rb:55]:

<["Action Items :::::::::::::::::: Open Alarms Groomer Alarms Warnings
Dead Hardware Dead Channels\n"]> expected but was

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<["Action Items",

 "::::::::::::::::::",

 "Open Alarms",

 "Groomer Alarms",

 "Warnings",

 "Dead Hardware",

 "Dead Channels"]>.

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2 tests, 1 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors

>Exit code: 1

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From: Ban Hoang [mailto:bhoang@verance.com]=20
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:07 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: How do I strip off the extra double quote or white space in
the string when using assert_equal method

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Hi Ben,

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You are exactly correct: "it's adding it as a single

element instead of two, as you want."

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It is my main problem: if the second line array[1] has 7 elements, it's
still adding as a single element? How do I fix it?

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If I use assert_equal and put the details for each element in the assert
method and compare directly. It works OK (please look at Assert_equalOK
attached file).

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If I try to use external cvs file, it has the problem and can not
separate the link detail as different element! I attached the csv file
and the my assert_equal_from_File for you to review.

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Thanks a lot for your help,

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Bleything [mailto:ben@bleything.net]=20
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:01 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: How do I strip off the extra double quote or white space in
the string when using assert_equal method

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On Thu, Aug 24, 2006, Ban Hoang wrote:

> Thanks for your help, Ben!

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> I am confused on your assert_equal method:

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> assert_equal a.gsub(/['"]/, ''), b.gsub(/['"]/, '')

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> Is /['"]/ will strip out the quotes when comparing?

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Notice that that call to assert_equal is wrapped inside a method.  So

you would call

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assert_equal_without_quotes( arr[0], $ie.frame.... )

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I think the real problem is that you need to figure out how to parse

your file, though.  You call it a csv but it's not.  My suggestion would

be to fix it so it is :)

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> I think my actual problem is when reading into an array and compare,
it

> did not separate :: Select Site ::   as one  field and ::

> !!Eastgate_Mall  to another field for double quotes

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Correct.

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> That why the expect is <[":: Select Site ::,!!Eastgate_Mall,,,,,\n"]

> ( missing separate double quotes)

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Not only is it missing the quotes, but it's adding it as a single

element instead of two, as you want.

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If your file looks like this:

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:: Select Site ::    !!Something

:: Select Site ::    !!Something else

...

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Then you'll need to determine how to parse that.  Quick, dirty, and

untested:

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contents =3D []

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File.readlines('yourfile').each do |line|

  line =3D~ /(:: .*? ::)\s+(!!.*?)/

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  label =3D $1

  value =3D $2

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  contents << [$1, $2]

end

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There's probably a better regex you could use, but the bottom line is,

you need to extract the values from your file instead of just grabbing

each line.

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Again, it's probably easiest to just make it a real csv file :)

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Good luck!

Ben

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