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Krishna Srihari
Krishna Srihari

Reputation: 722

RSpec each block and block

What is the difference between these blocks in RSpec and which situation to use before block

before(:each)
end

before
end

Upvotes: 0

Views: 208

Answers (2)

bento
bento

Reputation: 2099

:each is the scope, it can be :each which runs the block before each example, or :all which runs the block before all examples.

You use it to run a block before each or all examples to set up your text fixture. you always have to pass a block to before, thus, your syntax above is slightly incorrect, it should be 

before(:each) do
  ...
end

or before(:each) { ... }

see https://www.relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-core/v/2-0/docs/hooks/before-and-after-hooks

Upvotes: 0

davidrac
davidrac

Reputation: 10738

There's no difference. :each is the default option. Unless you specify :each/:all, then :each is used.

Upvotes: 1

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