Question about rspec assigns

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Hi folks,

I’m using rspec for a Rails project and keep seeing the “assigns” method
in
the “writing specs” portion of the documentation, yet I don’t see
“assigns”
in the rdoc and I can’t seem to find an explicit definition what it
does.
Would someone be able to tell me what exactly “assigns” does?

Thanks!
Daniel

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On 11/14/06, Daniel H. [email protected]
wrote:

Hi folks,

I’m using rspec for a Rails project and keep seeing the “assigns” method in
the “writing specs” portion of the documentation, yet I don’t see “assigns”
in the rdoc and I can’t seem to find an explicit definition what it does.
Would someone be able to tell me what exactly “assigns” does?

Assigns is a feature RSpec borrows from the regular Rails test/unit
helpers.
In a controller spec, assigns[:blah] points at the @blah instance
variable.
Useful for setting expectations on what the controller will do with
your request.

Also, this is probably better suited for the RSpec mailing list.

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Thanks!

Sorry for asking here - the rspec forum on rubyforge
(http://rubyforge.org/forum/?group_id=797) was pretty barren, but now I
see
how to joing the mailing list - thanks again!

Daniel