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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T04:03:23+00:00 2026-05-11T04:03:23+00:00

I am using Ruby’s Test::unit to compare the result of generated html with the

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I am using Ruby’s Test::unit to compare the result of generated html with the expected result. (not using rails). I am not concerned with whitespace differences but these nearly always crop up during tests. Is there any testing mechanism to compare html while ignoring meaningless whitespace. I can see there’s similar question for python here. I’m looking for an answer for Ruby.

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  1. 2026-05-11T04:03:24+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 4:03 am

    Or just strip whitespace yourself

    assert_equal html_string.gsub(/\s+/, ' '), '<a href='foo'>' 
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