[rspec-users] before(:each) <- need some clarification

David Chelimsky
2011-04-27T20:46:58Z

On Apr 27, 2011, at 3:55 PM, Sergio Ruiz wrote:

> i am setting up a few objects that are interrelated for use in an rspec
> test..
>
> something like:
>
> describe Dimension do
>
> before(:each) do
> text = "string here"
> end
>
> it "should puts string" do
> puts text
> end
>
> end
>
> when i run this, i get an error: undefined local variable or method
> `text''
>
> am doing something wrong?

text is a local variable, not an instance variable, and is not exposed outside
the scope of the block in which it is defined. It works with an instance
variable:

describe Dimension do

  before(:each) do
    @text = "string here"
  end

  it "should puts string" do
    puts @text
  end

end

Make sense?

Cheers,
David