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nrflaw
nrflaw

Reputation: 850

Ruby Koans: Where are the quotes in this return value?

I'm working on the following Ruby Koan:

class Dog7
  attr_reader :name

  def initialize(initial_name)
    @name = initial_name
  end

  def get_self
    self
  end

  def to_s
    __
  end

  def inspect
    "<Dog named '#{name}'>"
  end
end

def test_inside_a_method_self_refers_to_the_containing_object
  fido = Dog7.new("Fido")

  fidos_self = fido.get_self
  assert_equal "<Dog named 'Fido'>", fidos_self
end

def test_to_s_provides_a_string_version_of_the_object
  fido = Dog7.new("Fido")
  assert_equal __, fido.to_s
end

The first half of the first assert_equal is what I am trying to fill in. This code gives the error:

<"<Dog named 'Fido'>"> expected but was  <<Dog named 'Fido'>>.

The problem is, I'm stuck on how to match the return value. It looks to me like a string literal return value, but I don't know how to express that without using quote marks, and/or backslashes. Nothing I try seems to work.

Help?

Upvotes: 17

Views: 3799

Answers (3)

Estela Medrano
Estela Medrano

Reputation: 1

The error is a type object error; the first element is a string type and the second is a Dog7 type. The solution is to match the types appropriately.

Check the return values of:

fidos_self.is_a?(String)
fidos_self.is_a?(Dog7)
fidos.is_a?(Dog7)
fidos_self
fidos

Upvotes: 0

nrflaw
nrflaw

Reputation: 850

After staring at it for a while, again, I figured out where they were going with the lesson. Changing the first assert to "assert_equal fido, fidos_self" made the test pass. I was thrown by the error giving the same output as the inspect method, sans quotes. Thanks for helping me work through it.

Upvotes: 30

Mario Uher
Mario Uher

Reputation: 12397

Changing test_inside_a_method_self_refers_to_the_containing_object to following works:

def test_inside_a_method_self_refers_to_the_containing_object
  fido = Dog7.new("Fido")

  fidos_self = fido.get_self
  assert_equal "<Dog named 'Fido'>", fidos_self.inspect # .inspect added.
end

Ok, were there more gaps to fill? I have an answer, but it seems you already filled a gap incorrectly.

Upvotes: 1

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