On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Chris
Sund<ch...@silhouettesolutions.net> wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
>
> Just a simple question. I have read and re-read the examples and I'm
> not getting the proper output.  I'm on page 73/74 of the Rspec book
> and it says I should have "4 steps passed". I think the problem is
> within my /step_definition/mastermind.rb" file. It's definitely not
> beyond me to make a mistake, but I have checked and double checked my
> code and it all looks fine via the book examples. Here's the output
> I'm getting...
>
> ______________________________________________________
>
> cucumber features
> Feature: code-breaker starts game
>
> As a code-breaker
> I want to start a game
> So that I can break the code
>
>  Scenario: start game                                # features/
> codebreaker_starts_game.feature:7
>    Given I am not yet playing                        # features/
> step_definitions/mastermind.rb:3
>    When I start a new game                           # features/
> step_definitions/mastermind.rb:7
>    Then the game should say "Welcome to Mastermind!" # features/
> codebreaker_starts_game.feature:10
>    And the game should say "Enter guess:"            # features/
> codebreaker_starts_game.feature:11
>
> 1 scenario (1 undefined)
> 4 steps (2 undefined, 2 passed)
> 0m0.003s
>
> You can implement step definitions for undefined steps with these
> snippets:
>
> Then /^the game should say "([^\"]*)"$/ do |arg1|
>  pending
> end
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> It seems it doesn't think my "Then" statement is defined, but it is.
> My /step_definitions/mastermind.rb file looks like this...
>
> Given /^I am not yet playing$/ do
> end
>
>
> When /^I start a new game$/ do
> @messenger = StringIO.new
> game = Mastermind::Game.new(@messenger)
> game.start
> end
>
> Then /^the game should say "(.*)" $/ do |message|

There is an extra space here between "(.*)" and $. This should work:

  Then /^the game should say "(.*)"$/ do |message|

Also, we changed the name of the game in the most recent version of
the beta, so you may want to update.

Cheers,
David

> @messenger.string.split("\n" ).should include(message)
> end
>
> __________________________________________
>
> It's either a problem with the syntax in the "Then" statement, or my
> "message" variable isn't getting defined right. Any help would be
> appreciated, and I can provide my other files, but I'm a newbie and
> I'm not sure what files would be worth looking at. Let me know and
> I'll post them.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chris
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