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Last Updated: 2024-11-23
I had this in a test but it failed
notes_file.data_file_name = "buffy.docx"
new_name = "buffy.docx"
expect(notes_file.data_file_name).to be(new_name)
All this despite, despite the strings having the content.
The issue was that be tests for object equality - the exact same string (===), whereas I just wanted to test on contents eq.
This fix worked:
new_name = "buffy.docx"
expect(notes_file.data_file_name).to eq(new_name)