On 12 Nov 2008, at 17:43, Mark Wilden wrote:
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Matt Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
How about something more like
Given there are two items in a list: "Zulu and Abba"
And I have sorted the list alphabetically
Then "Abba" should appear before "Zulu"
Then /"(.*)" should appear before "(.*)"/ do |first_example,
second_example|
response.body.should =~ /#{first_example}.*#{second_example}/
end
The trouble with that is that you still have a 50-50 chance that
your code is broken. :) Testing sorting is always problematic. Given
a particular data set, other factors may be producing the "right"
order (sorting on a different attribute, randomization). I usually
use three items, and realize that it's not definitive.
Sure, but balance it with another scenario that sorts it the other
way, and you'd have to be pretty unlucky to get a false positive from
both at the same time.
:)
cheers,
Matt
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