[rspec-users] Checking for Range

[Sam Aaron]

On 27 May 2007, at 8.31 pm, Andrew WC Brown wrote:
>
> I thought this would work:
> person.password.length.should == (5..40)
>

I think that in this case, you want to use the === operator when  
comparing a number with a range. Instead of trying to see if both of  
the objects (the number and the range) are the same, the === operator  
checks to see if the number is within the range.

Also, make sure you surround your range with parenthesis (which you  
are already doing), and put the range on the left hand side of the  
=== operator for it to work. Have a look at this quick irb session  
for an example of what I mean:

 >> (10..50) == 15
=> false
 >> (10..50) === 15
=> true
 >> 10..50 === 15
ArgumentError: bad value for range
         from (irb):6
 >> 15 === 10..50
ArgumentError: bad value for range
         from (irb):7
 >> 15 === (10..50)
=> false
 >>

Hope this helps,

Sam

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