[Rails] step with several optional params

[Me]

I wan to say either:

1. Then I see my dashboard or


2. Then I see my dashboard with 1 works
 or Then I see my dashboard with 1 works, 2 open submissions

Is this correct?

Then /^I should see my dashboard with? (?:"([^"]*)" favorite publishers,)(?:"([^"]*)" open submissions,)(?:"([^"]*)" total submissions) and? (?:"([^"]*)" works?)$/ do |favorite_pubs,open_sub,total_sub,works|
  #Then %{show me the page}
  Then %{I should see "Favorite Publishers"#{favorite_pubs}}
  Then %{I should see "Open Submissions"}
  Then %{I should see "Total Submissions"}
  Then %{I should see "Total Works"#{works}}
end

[Craig Demyanovich]

Just run it and see if it works. :-)

Alternatively, you could separate this into 3 steps like so:

Then 'I see my dashboard' do

...

end

Then 'I see my dashboard with $count works' do |count|

...

end

Then 'I see my dashboard with $works_count works, $open_submissions_count open submissions' do |works_count, open_submissions_count|

...

end

Separate steps, with regular expressions or strings, can be much simpler than one step with lots of optional captures in its regex.

Also see this post from Thoughbot.

Regards,

Craig

[Me]

Oh, I did , I was curious if anything jumped out to anyone.  The 1st one works, the second one does not.

[Me]

Oh, I did , I was curious if anything jumped out to anyone.  The 1st one works, the second one does not.

[Me]

I was trying to make it so any combination of the vars can be implemented.

[Me]

I anyone is interested I worked it from left to right one at a tme, it now works:

Then /^I should see my dashboard(?: with?(?: "([^"]*)" works,?)?(?: "([^"]*)" open submissions,?)?(?: "([^"]*)" total submissions,?)?(?: "([^"]*)" favorite publishers,?))?$/ do |works,open_subs,total_subs,fav_pubs|
  Then %{I should see "Favorite Publishers #{fav_pubs}"}
  Then %{I should see "Open Submissions #{open_subs}"}
  Then %{I should see "Total Submissions #{total_subs}"}