Question

I wrote a simple class method Buy.get_days(string), and is trying to test it with different text string inputs. However I feel it is very verbose.

• Is there any more concise way to test the following?
• Is there a
  equivalent of subject for methods which I can just keep passing
  different parameters in and check the results?
• Is there a way to avoid the unnecessary description at each it?

thanks

 describe Buy do
   describe '.get_days' do
    it 'should get days' do
      Buy.get_days('Includes a 1-weeknight stay for up to 4 people')
      .should == 1
      end
    it 'should get days' do
      Buy.get_days('Includes a 1-night stay in a King Studio Room with stone fireplace')
      .should == 1
    end
    it 'should get days' do
      Buy.get_days('Includes 4 nights/5 days at the Finisterra Hotel for up to two adults and two children (staying in the same room)')
      .should == 4
    end
  end
end

Answer 1

This is an interesting though perhaps more obtuse way to use the ‘subject’ block with Class methods.

Edit: The broken link as reported by the Wayback Archive which I suppose is susceptible to the same problem.