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Does RSpec have a built in matcher for seeing if a String is one value or another?

Edit: Compound matcher answer provided is a much more elegant solution:

expect(@weathers.get_day_today).to eq('Today').or eq('Tonight')

Original Question:

I am testing if a value is either "Today" or "Tonight". Is there a built-in matcher? Or a cleaner method than what I'm doing?

Edit: The following was my attempt to do a custom test, but it doesn't work. Here's an example of what NOT to do.

First, add custom-matcher.

RSpec::Matchers.define :be_this_or_that do |expected|
  match do |actual|
    actual == expected.first or expected.last
  end
end

Second, use it

expect(@weathers.get_day_today).to be_this_or_that(["Today", "Tonight"])
Solution

  • You can try like this:

    expect(@weathers.get_day_today).to eq('Today').or eq('Tonight')

    for more compound expectations you can visit here.