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Python Python Testing Covering Your Bases Review: Python Testing

Posted by Priviledge Ngwenya
Priviledge Ngwenya
7,614 Points

I want to make sure than age is always higher than 12. What assertion would I use? self.assert(age, 12)

help

1 Answer

Iain Diamond
Iain Diamond
29,379 Points
Iain Diamond
Iain Diamond
29,379 Points

Hi,

Here's a simple example of how you might check that age is greater than 12.

import unittest

class Tests(unittest.TestCase):

  def setUp(self):
    self.age = 13

  def test_age(self):
    self.assertGreater(self.age, 12)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  unittest.main()

Hope this helps, iain