newbie creating test help

[John]

Hi,


I am trying to create a test for my module and I would like to know
how to test this:


my $input = [
'123',
'456'];

my $output = [
['1', '2', '3'],
['4', '5', '6']];

I have a method that returns the reference to the array of array after
splitting it.


but when I try to make the test for that:

ok $obj->splitted eq $output;


I get:

not ok 2
# Failed test 2 in Example.t at line 68

How do I check if the values hold by the reference are the same?


Thanks in advance for your help.
John

 

[Anno Siegel]

Hi,


I am trying to create a test for my module and I would like to know
how to test this:


my $input = [
'123',
'456'];

my $output = [
['1', '2', '3'],
['4', '5', '6']];

I have a method that returns the reference to the array of array after
splitting it.


but when I try to make the test for that:

ok $obj->splitted eq $output;


I get:

not ok 2
# Failed test 2 in Example.t at line 68

Sure. "eq" compares strings. If you print the two references, they
look different.

How do I check if the values hold by the reference are the same?

Use "Test::More", it has a utility for that:


ok( eq_array( $obj->splitted, $output));

should do it.

Oh, and the past tense of "split" is "split", not "splitted". Of
course, you can call your methods anything you like...

Anno

 

[Andy Lester]

Use "Test::More", it has a utility for that:


ok( eq_array( $obj->splitted, $output));

Or you can even use is_deeply().

xoa