# Rspec question

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-question/195805>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 30, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-question/195805 "2010-09-30T14:04:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rawroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@rawroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rawroe)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-question/195805/1 "2010-09-30T14:04:29Z")

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I’m trying to get output like this:

thing I’m describing  
should be true  
when context 1  
when context 2  
when context 3  
should be false  
when context 4

This seems a little inside-out, but it also seems to be the best way of  
describing this functionality. Is something like this possible?

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**Author:** ![rawroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@rawroe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rawroe)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-question/195805/2 "2010-09-30T15:50:28Z")

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On Sep 30, 8:48 am, Andrew W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> ```
> when context 4
> 
> ```
> 
> This seems a little inside-out, but it also seems to be the best way of  
> describing this functionality. Is something like this possible?

You need a custom formatter

Would get better responses and perhaps pointers where to look at if  
you post to rspec group:

[http://rubyforge.org/mail/?group\_id=797](http://rubyforge.org/mail/?group_id=797)