skip example¶

require 'test/unit'
require 'rbconfig'
include Config

# tc_some_test.rb
class TC_SomeTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
      @obj = MyUnixClass.new
   end

   # Skip this test on MS Windows
   def test_something
      skip('MS Windows'){ CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /mswin/i }
      assert_equal(5, @obj.test)
   end

   def test_something_else
      assert_equal(true, @obj.foo?)
      assert_equal(true, @obj.bar?)
   end

   def test_yet_something_else
      assert_equal(7, @obj.whatever)
   end

   def teardown
      @obj = nil
   end
end

If this test case is run on MS Windows the output will look something like this:

Loaded suite tc_some_test
Started
.S.
Finished in 0.0 seconds.

3 tests, 3 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors, 1 skipped

There were three tests, but one test was skipped. The three assertions that ran were from the test_something_else and test_yet_something_else methods.

The 'S' in the runner output is a visual indicator that a test was skipped.