String matchers highlighting feature

[Ender TUNÇ]

Hi everyone,

Is there any "highlighting" feature for string matchers?
Sometimes, missing/additional \n or space end of the string makes my test fail and I find myself checking every character to be sure they are same. If they are same then I start to search for the which character causing the  'end of the string problem'.

It would be very nice to such a highlighting system for string matcher.

I do not know this can be implemented but I would be very happy to help If someone can help me or show me the rabbit hole.

Have a nice day...

[etorreborre]

Hi Ender,

If the strings are > 20 characters, you should see a diff on them:

"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" must be_==("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ")

[error]  x test

[error]  'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' is not equal to 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ' (TestSpec.scala:12)

[error] Actual:   ...vwxyz[]

[error] Expected: ...vwxyz[ ]

You can also change the default values for the diffs: https://etorreborre.github.io/specs2/guide/SPECS2-3.7.3/org.specs2.guide.ConsoleOutput.html#diffs

E.

[Ender TUNÇ]

It is my fault that I did not make myself clear. I updated the question.

[Ender TUNÇ]

I think edit is not enabled so I need to post another post :(

I was using matcher like this:

var result = Some("String")
result must beSome("String")

If strings are not same, as you know,  it gives something like this;

bla bla bla is Some but bla bla bla is not equal to bla bla bal and does not tell you where they differ.

In this case especially characters like \n or space it is hard to find.

Please let me know If I am wrong this too :)

[etorreborre]

You can try that:

Some("x"*26) must beSome("x"*26+" ")

[error]  x test

[error]  'Some(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)' is Some but 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' is not equal to 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ' (TestSpec.scala:12)

[error] Actual:   ...xxxxx[]

[error] Expected: ...xxxxx[ ]

Eric.