From: "lrlebron@..." <lrlebron@...>
Date: 2008-01-24T03:19:59+09:00
Subject: Re: using ruby to validate web pages

On Jan 18, 8:54 am, Kate Bond <bondk...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi, just wondering if anybody can tell me what's wrong with this code:
>
> # the Watir gem
> require 'rubygems'
>
> # the Watir controller
> require 'watir'
>
> # set variables
> validator = "http://validator.w3.org/"
> url1 = "http://www.google.com"
> url2 = "http://pingmag.jp/2008/01/17/chimpom/"
> url3 = "http://www.google.com/"
>
> # open the IE browser
> ie = Watir::IE.new
>
> puts "Beginning validation"
>
> ie.goto validator
>
> ie.text_field(:id, "uri").set(url1)
>
> puts "Checking URL #1....."
>
> ie.button(:value, "Check").click
>
> if ie.text.include? "This Page Is Valid"
>     puts "URL#1 validates!"
>     else
>         "URL#1 does not validate!"
>
>         end
>
> ie.goto validator
>
> ie.text_field(:id, "uri").set(url2)
>
> puts "Checking URL #2....."
>
> ie.button(:value, "Check").click
>
> if ie.text.include? "This Page Is Valid"
>     puts "URL#2 validates!"
>     else
>         "URL #2 does not validate!"
>
>     end
>
> ie.goto validator
>
> ie.text_field(:id, "uri").set(url3)
>
> puts "Checking URL #3....."
>
> ie.button(:value, "Check").click
>
> if ie.text.include? "This Page Is Valid"
>     puts "URL#3 validates!"
>     else
>         "URL #3 does not validate!"
>
> end
>
>     puts "End of validation"
>
> I get results for URL's #2 and #3, only the 'Checking URL....' and 'End
> of validation' messages.

Your are missing the "puts" before the "URL # does not validate"
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