testthat (version 0.7.1)

matches: Expectation: does string match regular expression?

Description

If the object to be tested has length greater than one, all elements of the vector must match the pattern in order to pass.

Usage

matches(regexp, all = TRUE)
  expect_match(object, regexp, all = TRUE, info = NULL,
    label = NULL)

Arguments

regexp

regular expression to test against

all

should all elements of actual value match regexp (TRUE), or does only one need to match (FALSE)

object

object to test

info

extra information to be included in the message (useful when writing tests in loops).

label

object label. When NULL, computed from deparsed object.

See Also

str_detect for the function that powers the string matching

Other expectations: equals, expect_equal, expect_equivalent, expect_error, expect_false, expect_identical, expect_is, expect_message, expect_output, expect_true, expect_warning, gives_warning, is_a, is_equivalent_to, is_false, is_identical_to, is_true, prints_text, shows_message, takes_less_than, throws_error

Examples

expect_that("Testing is fun", matches("fun"))
expect_that("Testing is fun", matches("f.n"))
expect_match("Testing is fun", "f.n")