ruby--ruby/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/inspect_spec.rb

require_relative '../../spec_helper'

describe "MatchData#inspect" do
  before :each do
    @match_data = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")
  end

  it "returns a String" do
    @match_data.inspect.should be_kind_of(String)
  end

  it "returns a human readable representation that contains entire matched string and the captures" do
    # yeah, hardcoding the inspect output is not ideal, but in this case
    # it makes perfect sense. See JRUBY-4558 for example.
    @match_data.inspect.should == '#<MatchData "HX1138" 1:"H" 2:"X" 3:"113" 4:"8">'
  end

  it "returns a human readable representation of named captures" do
    match_data = "abc def ghi".match(/(?<first>\w+)\s+(?<last>\w+)\s+(\w+)/)

    match_data.inspect.should == '#<MatchData "abc def ghi" first:"abc" last:"def">'
  end
end