# Formatting the test result in Spec **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [July 6, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-the-test-result-in-spec/171637 "2009-07-06T22:23:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-the-test-result-in-spec/171637/1 "2009-07-06T22:23:43Z")
I got the Spec working in IronRuby! Thanks everyone. How can I get a detailed report (command line) when running the test? Currently, I only get the following: C:\Projects\FirstLookAtIronRuby\FirstLookAtIronRuby\TestSuite\>ir test\_prime.rb Loaded suite test\_prime Started Finished in 0.015625 seconds. 0 tests, 0 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors Also, for some reason it says “0 tests” here is my test\_prime.rb file: require ‘test/unit’ require ‘rubygems’ require ‘spec’ require File.dirname( **FILE** ) + ‘/bin/Debug/BusinessObjects.dll’ include BusinessObjects include Test::Unit describe PrimeService,“when 1 is passed to the prime service” do it “should return true” do primeService = PrimeService.new primeService.IsPrime(1) end end ---
**Author:** ![metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-the-test-result-in-spec/171637/2 "2009-07-06T22:32:14Z")
I changed the code to this but still not picking up the test: describe PrimeService,“when 1 is passed to the prime service” do it “should return true” do primeService = PrimeService.new primeService.IsPrime(1).should == true end Mohammad A. wrote: > I got the Spec working in IronRuby! Thanks everyone. > > How can I get a detailed report (command line) when running the test? > > Currently, I only get the following: > > C:\Projects\FirstLookAtIronRuby\FirstLookAtIronRuby\TestSuite\>ir > test\_prime.rb > Loaded suite test\_prime > Started > > Finished in 0.015625 seconds. > > 0 tests, 0 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors > > Also, for some reason it says “0 tests” here is my test\_prime.rb file: > > require ‘test/unit’ > require ‘rubygems’ > require ‘spec’ > > require File.dirname( **FILE** ) + ‘/bin/Debug/BusinessObjects.dll’ > > include BusinessObjects > include Test::Unit > > describe PrimeService,“when 1 is passed to the prime service” do > > it “should return true” do > > primeService = PrimeService.new > primeService.IsPrime(1) > > end > > end ---
**Author:** ![metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-the-test-result-in-spec/171637/3 "2009-07-06T22:52:23Z")
I had to configure the path for spec.bat using environment variables. Now, I can run the specifications using the following: spec test\_prime.rb but I still need to format is nicely. --format nested does not work it complains that invalid --format parameter! ---
**Author:** ![metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-the-test-result-in-spec/171637/4 "2009-07-06T23:03:16Z")
You are right! require test/unit was the problem. I removed it and it worked smoothly! Thanks, Azam ---
**Author:** ![metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-the-test-result-in-spec/171637/5 "2009-07-06T23:01:18Z")
Mohammad A. wrote: > I had to configure the path for spec.bat using environment variables. > > Now, I can run the specifications using the following: > > spec test\_prime.rb > > but I still need to format is nicely. --format nested does not work it > complains that invalid --format parameter! Have you removed the test/unit require so that the test/unit runner data isn’t coming back? I think that was a red herring earlier in your post. Here’s the command I ran (full path to make sure I was running the right spec.bat): C:\OSS\ironruby\Merlin\Main\Bin\debug\spec.bat test.rb --format specdoc I got back the following output (from a script similar to yours): Some Simple assert - should show that 1 is equal to 1 Finished in 0.2343855 seconds 1 example, 0 failures ---
**Author:** ![metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-the-test-result-in-spec/171637/6 "2009-07-06T23:10:49Z")
One other thing I noticed is that I have already installed win32console gem on my machine but for some reason whenever I use the color option it gives me the following output: C:\Projects\FirstLookAtIronRuby\FirstLookAtIronRuby\TestSuite\>spec test\_prime.rb –format specdoc --colour You must ‘gem install win32console’ to use colour on Windows BusinessObjects::PrimeService when foo method is called - should return true Finished in 0.265625 seconds 1 example, 0 failures Thanks, Azam