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Posted by Jochem de Boer
Jochem de Boer
6,536 Points

a user can have a correctly formatted profile name: Failed assertion

Hey all,

I have a problem with the test: "a user can have a correctly formatted profile name". I get the "Failed assertion, no message given" error.

I used the new RegEx:

validates :profile_name, presence: true,
                         uniqueness: true,
                         format: {
                          with: /\A[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+\z/,
                          message: 'Must be formatted correctly.'
                         }

And I used dummy names for my email and profile name in the test:

test "a user can have a correctly formatted profile name" do
  user = User.new(first_name: 'Mickey', last_name: 'Mouse', email: 'm.mouse@d.com')
  user.password = user.password_confirmation = 'password'

  user.profile_name = 'mickey'
  assert user.valid?
end

I have looked around the forum, but none of the answers to this same topic have fixed it for me. Can anyone have a look and tell me if I am missing something?

Cheers

7 Answers

Gabriel Morales
Gabriel Morales
11,315 Points
Gabriel Morales
Gabriel Morales
11,315 Points 
validates :profile_name, presence: true,
                           uniqueness: true, 
                           format: {
                            with: /\A[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+\Z/,
                            message: 'Must be formatted correctly.'
                           }

Here is what validated for me. Hope it helps.

Jason Seifer
STAFF
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Jason Seifer
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Try changing the \z in the with regex to \Z and let us know if that helps.

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
21,424 Points

This worked for me, albeit in Rails 4

Robert Borsey
PLUS
Robert Borsey
Courses Plus Student 9,636 Points
Robert Borsey
Robert Borsey
Courses Plus Student 9,636 Points

did you ever get it fixed because I was having the same problem I got mine to pass.

put the $ sign in any z will work don't know if this is the right thing or not but it worked for me

format: {

                          with: /\A[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$\Z/,
                          message: "must be formatted correctly"
                      }
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
21,424 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
21,424 Points

Here is my full validates clause that appears to work:

  validates :profile_name, presence: true,
                           uniqueness: true,
                           format: {
                             with: /\A[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+\z/,
                             message: "must be formatted correctly"
                           }

I have found Rubular to be nearly invaluable when working with regex in general, and especially with Ruby regex in particular.

I am using Ruby 2.x and Rails 4.x

Here are my tests:

  test "a user should have a profile name without spaces" do
    user = users(:bob)
    user.profile_name = "spaced out!"

    assert !user.save
    assert !user.errors[:profile_name].empty?
    assert user.errors[:profile_name].include?("must be formatted correctly")
  end

  test "a user should have be able to use a valid profile name" do
    user = users(:bob)

    assert user.save
    assert user.errors[:profile_name].empty?
  end

and here is my :bob fixture:

bob:
  first_name: "Bob"
  last_name: "Barker"
  profile_name: "bobb"
  email: "bob.barker@example.com"
  encrypted_password: "password1"
Jochem de Boer
Jochem de Boer
6,536 Points
Jochem de Boer
Jochem de Boer
6,536 Points

Alas, that did not help.

Tessa Davis
Tessa Davis
4,152 Points
Tessa Davis
Tessa Davis
4,152 Points

I am having the exact same problems as this...any other suggestions?

Jason Seifer
STAFF
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Jason Seifer
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Tessa Davis can you possibly paste the error you are getting? Or a screenshot?