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"be" matchers

There are several related "be" matchers:

obj.should be_true  # passes if obj is truthy (not nil or false)
obj.should be_false # passes if obj is falsy (nil or false)
obj.should be_nil   # passes if obj is nil
obj.should be       # passes if obj is truthy (not nil or false)
Scenarios
  1. be_true matcher
  2. be_false matcher
  3. be_nil matcher
  4. be matcher
be_true matcher
Given
a file named "be_true_spec.rb" with: 
describe "be_true matcher" do
  specify { true.should be_true }
  specify { 7.should be_true }
  specify { "foo".should be_true }
  specify { nil.should_not be_true }
  specify { false.should_not be_true }

  # deliberate failures
  specify { true.should_not be_true }
  specify { 7.should_not be_true }
  specify { "foo".should_not be_true }
  specify { nil.should be_true }
  specify { false.should be_true }
end
When
I run rspec be_true_spec.rb
Then
the output should contain "10 examples, 5 failures"
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: non-true value
            got: true
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: non-true value
            got: 7
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: non-true value
            got: "foo"
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: true value
            got: nil
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: true value
            got: false
be_false matcher
Given
a file named "be_false_spec.rb" with: 
describe "be_false matcher" do
  specify { nil.should be_false }
  specify { false.should be_false }
  specify { true.should_not be_false }
  specify { 7.should_not be_false }
  specify { "foo".should_not be_false }

  # deliberate failures
  specify { nil.should_not be_false }
  specify { false.should_not be_false }
  specify { true.should be_false }
  specify { 7.should be_false }
  specify { "foo".should be_false }
end
When
I run rspec be_false_spec.rb
Then
the output should contain "10 examples, 5 failures"
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: non-false value
            got: nil
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: non-false value
            got: false
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: false value
            got: true
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: false value
            got: 7
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: false value
            got: "foo"
be_nil matcher
Given
a file named "be_nil_spec.rb" with: 
describe "be_nil matcher" do
  specify { nil.should be_nil }
  specify { false.should_not be_nil }
  specify { true.should_not be_nil }
  specify { 7.should_not be_nil }
  specify { "foo".should_not be_nil }

  # deliberate failures
  specify { nil.should_not be_nil }
  specify { false.should be_nil }
  specify { true.should be_nil }
  specify { 7.should be_nil }
  specify { "foo".should be_nil }
end
When
I run rspec be_nil_spec.rb
Then
the output should contain "10 examples, 5 failures"
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: not nil
            got: nil
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: nil
            got: false
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: nil
            got: true
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: nil
            got: 7
And
the output should contain: 
       expected: nil
            got: "foo"
be matcher
Given
a file named "be_spec.rb" with: 
describe "be_matcher" do
  specify { true.should be }
  specify { 7.should be }
  specify { "foo".should be }
  specify { nil.should_not be }
  specify { false.should_not be }

  # deliberate failures
  specify { true.should_not be }
  specify { 7.should_not be }
  specify { "foo".should_not be }
  specify { nil.should be }
  specify { false.should be }
end
When
I run rspec be_spec.rb
Then
the output should contain all of these:
10 examples, 5 failures
expected true to evaluate to false
expected 7 to evaluate to false
expected "foo" to evaluate to false
expected nil to evaluate to true
expected false to evaluate to true

Last published over 5 years ago by dchelimsky.