From: brabuhr@...
Date: 2008-01-25T07:55:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Scripts run using load in "for" loop run out of order

On Jan 23, 2008 1:31 PM, Fa Sidd <siddiqifh@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I am new to ruby and like it so far.
> ...

First, since you are new to Ruby, some alternate ways to code your sample:

> testList  = []
>
> testList[0]="Tests/D-test.rb"
> testList[1]="Tests/C-test.rb"
> testList[2]="Tests/A-test.rb"
> testList[3]="Tests/B-test.rb"

a) Append to the array instead of directly indexing:
    testList = []
    testList << "Tests/D-test.rb"
    testList << "Tests/C-test.rb"
    testList << "Tests/A-test.rb"
    testList << "Tests/B-test.rb"

b) Directly initialize the literal array:
    testList = [
      "Tests/D-test.rb",
      "Tests/C-test.rb",
      "Tests/A-test.rb",
      "Tests/B-test.rb"
    ]

c) Initialize an array of words:
    testList = %w{
      Tests/D-test.rb
      Tests/C-test.rb
      Tests/A-test.rb
      Tests/B-test.rb
    }

> begin
>  for i in 0 .. testList.length-1
>    puts "i: #{i} testname: #{testList[i]}"
>    load(testList[i])
>  end
> end

a) Instead of explicit loop and indexing, iterate
    testList.each do |test|
      puts "testname: #{test}"
      load test
    end

b) If you still want the index too
    testList.each_with_index do |test, i|
      puts "#{i} \t #{test}"
      load test
    end

And, as to your question, perhaps you could try explicitly invoke the
TestRunner:

# load all of the test cases
Dir.glob("./Tests/*.rb").each do |tfile|
  require tfile
end

# run the test cases explicitly in order
[ TC_Four, TC_Three, TC_One, TC_Two ].each do |tclass|
  Test::Unit::UI::Console::TestRunner.run(tclass)
end

See "Test Runners" and "Test Suite":
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/test/unit/rdoc/classes/Test/Unit.html