TestFailure: Assertion failed in first practice from Squeak by Example Hi Eric,
Check your white space. There is a difference between 'oh no' and 'oh no '. While its hard for me to tell if this is your problem it is a common difficulty. And it will be easy for you to eliminate it as a possibility. Hth. Yours incuriosity and service, --Jeorme Peace Eric Eisaman eric.eisaman at gmail.com Mon Dec 10 21:28:41 UTC 2007 Yes, the shout method is defined in the String object. *** >Eric > >On Dec 11, 2007 7:09 AM, stephane ducasse <stephane.ducasse at free.fr> wrote: > >> Hi Eric >> >> On 10 déc. 07, at 21:48, Eric Eisaman wrote: >> >> > Hell Squeakers, >> > >> > At home I went through the first half of the Squeak by Example >> > book. The guided practice went without a hitch however, when I >> > worked through the first practice of writing a simple String method >> > at work, on a different image, I ran into this problem. Why am I >> > receiving an 'Assertion failed' message? >> > >> > testShout >> > self assert: ('oh no' shout = 'OH NO!') >> > >> >> where the shout method is defined? >> In String? >> >> > shout >> > ^ self asUppercase , '!' >> > >> > TestFailure: Assertion failed >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Eric Eisaman *** ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners