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Re: assert_name doesn't exist as a function?

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Mike RegistrationErr wrote in post #993883:
> The script (test.rb):
>
> == START ==
> require 'rubygems'
> require 'firewatir'
>
> include Test::Unit
> include Test::Unit::Assertions
> include Test::Unit::TestCase
>
> assert_same "hello", "hello"
> == END ==
>
> doesn't seem to work. It says:
> test.rb:8: undefined method `assert_same' for main:Object
> (NoMethodError)
>
> Surely the includes include this method?
>
> I am new to ruby.

In ruby 'hello' and 'hello' are not *the same*.  Quotes serve as a 
String constructor, and those are two different objects.   For instance,

a = 'hello'
b = 'hello'

if a.equal?(b)
  puts 'yes'
else
  puts 'no'
end

--output:--
no


You may wish to use assert_equal, which tests whether two strings 
contain the same characters:

a = 'hello'
b = 'hello'

if a == b
  puts 'yes'
else
  puts 'no'
end

--output:--
yes

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assert_name doesn't exist as a function? Mike RegistrationErr <xandrani@gmail.com> - 2011-04-19 20:04 -0500
  Re: assert_name doesn't exist as a function? Mike RegistrationErr <xandrani@gmail.com> - 2011-04-19 20:15 -0500
    Re: assert_name doesn't exist as a function? Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-20 03:45 -0500
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    Re: assert_name doesn't exist as a function? Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-20 15:38 -0500

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