On 21 January 2011 21:15, Matt Wynne <m...@mattwynne.net> wrote: > > On 21 Jan 2011, at 16:22, Brian Warner wrote: > > > Matt Wynne wrote in post #976412: > >> On 20 Jan 2011, at 19:32, Brian Warner wrote: > >> > >>> I have a file in step_definitions that's giving me an error for an > >>> uninitialized constant. My guess is I need to 'require' the file where > >>> that class is defined. Said files is located in /lib/codebreaker. > >>> > >>> I am very new to Ruby so this is probably a really simple question but > >>> how do I 'require' a file in codebreaker from a file inside > >>> step_definitions? > >> > >> You could try asking on the RSpec Book's own forum: > >> http://forums.pragprog.com/forums/95 > >> > >> This question is really more Cucumber related so you could also ask on > >> the cukes google group. > >> > >> Your guess is right. The best place to put your require statement is in > >> features/support/env.rb > >> > >> I'm surprised that the book doesn't tell you to do that - did you maybe > >> miss a step? > >> > >> cheers, > >> Matt > >> > >> m...@mattwynne.net > >> 07974 430184 > > > > The require statement that the book says to put in env.rb is: > > > > $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "/../lib/") > > require 'codebreaker' > > > > I ended up getting it to work after a co-worker pointed out that I need > > to add "./lib" to some thing in ruby's list of directories to look in. I > > don't remember what terminology he used but he did it through the > > terminal. > > He probably called it the 'load path'. That's what the $: means in that > snippet - it's an Array of paths where Ruby will search for files when you > call require. In the code above, you're pushing the lib directory onto the > load path. > > > The require statement I ended up using is > > > > require 'codebreaker/game' > > Maybe the lib/codebreaker file was supposed to do that? > > It should, mine currently has
require 'codebreaker/game' require 'codebreaker/marker' All best Andrew > > cheers, > Matt > > m...@mattwynne.net > 07974 430184 > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > -- ------------------------ Andrew Premdas blog.andrew.premdas.org
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