Test::Unit::TestCase not resolving correctly

I have test case that is failing.

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  1) Failure: testProj(TestProject) [---------\TestProject.rb:26]:
<"068906"> expected but was <"68906">.
1 tests, 1 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors

In the assignment of the class variable value, the first assert_equal
test case appears to be comparing the expected value to the input of
the class variable assignment...not the value returned by the
assigment. The two asserts that follow the first yield the correct
result, so I know the assignment of the class variable is correct. Any
suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong in the first assert?

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Given the following in my test case:

class TestProject < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
      @prj=Project.new # new project
   end

   def testProj
      assert_equal('068906',@prj.proj='68906')
      assert_equal(true,@prj.proj=='068906')
      assert_equal(false,@prj.proj=='68906')
   end
end

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And given the following function being called to assign the value of
the class variable.

   # Set the project number. # Project number gets tranlated to the
   # format "nnnnnn", and is zero filled. Note: while zero filling is
   # the proper display of the project number, it does cause problems
   # when trying to find folder names.
   def proj=(num)
      if num.class == String
         raise ArgumentError,"Project number #{num} must be in the form
<#>nnnnnn" if num !~/#*(\d{1,6})/
         n = $1.to_i
      elsif num.class == Fixnum
         n = num
      elsif num.class == Float
         n = num.to_i
      else
         raise ArgumentError,"Project number #{num} is in an
unrecognizable format"
      end
      @proj = sprintf("%06d",n)
   end

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The following test case does work
1 tests, 2 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors

   def testProj
      @prj.proj='68906'
# assert_equal("068906",@prj.proj='68906')
      assert_equal(true,@prj.proj=='068906')
      assert_equal(false,@prj.proj=='68906')
   end

Your time, as always, is appreciated...
dvn

Hi --

In the assignment of the class variable value, the first assert_equal

s/class variable/instance variable/

test case appears to be comparing the expected value to the input of
the class variable assignment...not the value returned by the
assigment.

An assignment returns its right-hand side. This rule applies even to
pseudo-assignment method calls:

   class C
     attr_reader :x
     def x=(y)
       @x = 100
     end
   end

   c = C.new
   p c.x = 1 # prints 1, not 100
   p c.x # prints 100

The idea is to make the assignment-like method calls truly
assignment-like.

David

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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, dkmd_nielsen@hotmail.com wrote:

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DABlog (DAB's Weblog) [2] | Co-director, Ruby Central, Inc. [4]
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obj.meth = x always returns x, regardless of what the method would return in normal circumstances. You should test like this:

@prj.proj = '68906'

assert_equal( '068906', @prj.proj )

% cat assigns.rb
class A
   def f=(x)
     false
   end
end

a = A.new
p a
p( a.f = 22 )

% ruby assigns.rb
#<A:0x1e9328>
22

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On Aug 29, 2006, at 4:50 PM, dkmd_nielsen@hotmail.com wrote:

I have test case that is failing.

===============================================================
  1) Failure: testProj(TestProject) [---------\TestProject.rb:26]:
<"068906"> expected but was <"68906">.
1 tests, 1 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors

In the assignment of the class variable value, the first assert_equal
test case appears to be comparing the expected value to the input of
the class variable assignment...not the value returned by the
assigment. The two asserts that follow the first yield the correct
result, so I know the assignment of the class variable is correct. Any
suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong in the first assert?

===============================================================
Given the following in my test case:

class TestProject < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
      @prj=Project.new # new project
   end

   def testProj
      assert_equal('068906',@prj.proj='68906')
      assert_equal(true,@prj.proj=='068906')
      assert_equal(false,@prj.proj=='68906')
   end
end

===============================================================
And given the following function being called to assign the value of
the class variable.

   # Set the project number. # Project number gets tranlated to the
   # format "nnnnnn", and is zero filled. Note: while zero filling is
   # the proper display of the project number, it does cause problems
   # when trying to find folder names.
   def proj=(num)
      if num.class == String
         raise ArgumentError,"Project number #{num} must be in the form
<#>nnnnnn" if num !~/#*(\d{1,6})/
         n = $1.to_i
      elsif num.class == Fixnum
         n = num
      elsif num.class == Float
         n = num.to_i
      else
         raise ArgumentError,"Project number #{num} is in an
unrecognizable format"
      end
      @proj = sprintf("%06d",n)
   end

===============================================================
The following test case does work
1 tests, 2 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors

   def testProj
      @prj.proj='68906'
# assert_equal("068906",@prj.proj='68906')
      assert_equal(true,@prj.proj=='068906')
      assert_equal(false,@prj.proj=='68906')
   end

Your time, as always, is appreciated...
dvn