[Newbies] testIndexOf test failure

[Chris Cunnington]

On 12-08-25 4:51 PM, Edward Mokurai Cherlin wrote:
> On page 24 of Squeak by Example it says to run the tests in
> CollectionsTest-Text, including a newly-defined method, testShout. In a fresh
> Squeak 3.9 I get an unexpected assertion failure for StringTest>>#TestIndexOf,
> which is defined as.
>
> testIndexOf
> 	
> 	"test for http://bugs.impara.de/view.php?id=3574"
> 	self assert: ('abc-' asWideString indexOfAnyOf: (CharacterSet newFrom: '
> -0123456789')) = 4.
> 	self assert: ('ab7' asWideString indexOfAnyOf: (CharacterSet newFrom: '
> -0123456789')) = 3.
> 	self assert: ('a2c' asWideString indexOfAnyOf: (CharacterSet newFrom: '
> -0123456789')) = 2.
> 	self assert: ('3bc' asWideString indexOfAnyOf: (CharacterSet newFrom: '
> -0123456789')) = 1.
> 	self assert: ('abc' asWideString indexOfAnyOf: (CharacterSet newFrom: '
> -0123456789')) = 0.
> 	
> 	"extension to wide characters"
> 	self assert: ((String with: 803 asCharacter with: 811 asCharacter)
> indexOfAnyOf: (CharacterSet newFrom: (String with: 811 asCharacter with: 812
> asCharacter))) = 2.
> 	
> 	self assert: ('abc' indexOfAnyOf: (CharacterSet newFrom: (String with: 811
> asCharacter with: 812 asCharacter))) = 0.
> 	
> 	self assert: ('abc' indexOfAnyOf: (CharacterSet newFrom: (String with: 811
> asCharacter with: $c))) = 3.
>
>
> I don't know how to copy the error messages from the TestFailure window. I have
> not yet started to learn the debugger, so I am at a lost to find out more.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> _______________________________________________
> Beginners mailing list
> Beginners at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
Skip ahead to section 6.5 at page 135 and look around about the 
Debugger. That should make it clearer.

Chris