This syntax should work
@test_hash["foobar"].size.should eq(1)
But @test_hash["foobar"] evaluates to ["a","b","c"], so its size is
actually 3.
On May 3, 2013 12:12 AM, "Kwasi Mensah" <kwasi.men...@gmail.com> wrote:
> sorry if this gets posted twice. I accidentally sent this before I was
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>
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Kwasi Mensah <kwasi.men...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I'm having trouble with one of my rspecs and it's coming down to the
>> tests being confused about what the subject is. Here's an example spec and
>> the corresponding test failures I get:
>>
>> describe "HashBug" do
>> before do
>> @test_hash = {"foobar" => ["a", "b", "c"]}
>> end
>> describe "Test fails" do
>> it do
>> @test_hash["foobar"].size should be 1
>> end
>> end
>>
>> describe "Test passes" do
>> it do
>> @test_hash["foobar"][0].should eq "a"
>> end
>> end
>> end
>>
>> Failures:
>>
>> 1) HashBug Test fails
>> Failure/Error: @test_hash["foobar"].size should be 1
>>
>> expected #<Fixnum:3> => 1
>> got #<String:70131453842100> => "Test fails"
>>
>> Compared using equal?, which compares object identity,
>> but expected and actual are not the same object. Use
>> 'actual.should eq(expected)' if you don't care about
>> object identity in this example.
>> # ./spec/requests/test_hash_bug_spec.rb:7:in `block (3 levels) in
>> <top (required)>'
>>
>> Finished in 0.00215 seconds
>> 2 examples, 1 failure
>>
>> Failed examples:
>>
>> rspec ./spec/requests/test_hash_bug_spec.rb:6 # HashBug Test fails
>>
>>
>> I'm not clear on why the match fails with one level of using [] but
>> passes with two levels.
>>
>> I'm using the command:
>> bundle exec rspec spec/requests/test_hash_bug_spec.rb
>>
>> I'm using the following rspec gems:
>> rspec (2.11.0)
>> rspec-core (2.11.1)
>> rspec-expectations (2.11.3)
>> rspec-mocks (2.11.3)
>> rspec-rails (2.11.0)
>>
>> And I can provide my full gem list if needed.
>>
>> Kwasi
>>
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