From: Mark Van Holstyn <mvanholstyn@...>
Date: 2008-04-15T09:40:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Basics to test Unit

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Local variables defined in foo.rb will not be available in test_foo.rb.

Mark

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 9:54 AM, John Maclean <jayeola@gmail.com> wrote:

> =begin
> Can the Test unit be used to test methods or variables in other files?
> I've
> come across this reference, (http://clarkware.com/cgi/blosxom/2005/03/18),
> which seems to test snipets of code within the test itself. The idea is to
> test that the array x is not empty nd use the Test Unit to do it.
> =end
>
> # foo.rb
> x = `df`.grep(/^\/dev/).sort # in order of dev name
>
> # test_foo.rb
> require 'test/unit'
> require '/path/to/foo.rb'
>
> # test that the df cmd exists on the system that we are running it on
> # output of cmd is put in array. this array should NOT be !!--empty--!!
>
> class TESTX < Test::Unit::TestCase
>  def test_no_df
>    assert(x.empty?, "df command not found")
>  end
> end
>
>  - jjm
>
>


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