[rspec-users] Cucumber - step negating another expecting step

[Matt Wynne]

On 16 Apr 2009, at 14:06, Joaquin Rivera Padron wrote:

> thanks matt,
> yes, the regexp in the step matcher is a good one to dry it up
>
> So I end up with this one:
>
> Then /^I (should|should not) see the people search form$/ do |maybe|
>   people_search_form_should_exist maybe == "should"
> end
>
> and the method:
>
> def people_search_form_should_exist it_should_exist
>   _not = "_not" unless it_should_exist
>
>   response.send "should#{_not}".to_sym, have_tag('form#frmSearch')
> end
>
> only because I find it easier to read (when I don't need to jump to  
> the method), but yours maybe faster (shorter it is), I could come  
> back to it later and benchmark both

If you don't mind using the #send (I was trying to help you get rid of  
it) then just do this:

Then /^I (should|should not) see the people search form$/ do |maybe|
   response.send maybe.underscore.to_sym, have_tag('form#frmSearch')
end


> thanks again,
> joaquin
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