Thanks,
That works at least to the point where it is testing the variable.
However, it is calling it NIL. How do I tell the test to make it be
3?
In the controller I have:
@num_found = @purchase_requests.size
This is what I tried in the spec:
it "should count the number of purchase requests found" do
@purchase_requests.stub!(:size).and_return 3
get :index
assigns(:num_requests).should == 3
end
This is the error:
'PurchaseRequestsController Get index should count the number of
purchase requests found' FAILED
expected: 3,
got: nil (using ==)
./spec/controllers/purchase
On Jul 15, 3:05 pm, Adam Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
> you need to use the assigns method like so
>
> it "should count the number of purchase requests found" do
> get :index
> assigns(:num_found).should == 3
> end
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Leo <[email protected]> wrote:
> > HI All,
> > I have a controller with the following in it:
>
> > def index
> > �...@purchase_requests = PurchaseRequest.find(:all)
> > �...@num_found = @purchase_requests.size
> > end
>
> > I want to test that @num_found is getting the number of purchase
> > requests.
>
> > This is what I've tried:
>
> > it "should count the number of purchase requests found" do
> > �...@purchase_requests.stub!(:size).and_return 3
> > �...@num_found.should_equal(3)
> > get :index
> > end
>
> > However, I Get This Error:
>
> > NoMethodError in 'PurchaseRequestsController Get index should count
> > the number of purchase requests found'
> > You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
> > The error occurred while evaluating nil.should_equal
> > ./spec/controllers/purchase_requests_controller_spec.rb:21:
>
> > It seems that rspec wants me to stub the instance variable. If I do
> > that then I don't think I'd actually be testing anything because I'd
> > create the stub in the test and verify that the stub I created is
> > there. I want to make sure that the test will fail if I delete the
> > line in the actual controller or change the name. Can someone show me
> > how to do this?
> > thanks in advance.
> > Leo
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