Text Matchers¶
Matchers that perform text comparisons.
contains_string¶
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hamcrest.library.text.stringcontains.
contains_string
(substring)¶ Matches if object is a string containing a given string.
Parameters: string – The string to search for. This matcher first checks whether the evaluated object is a string. If so, it checks whether it contains
string
.Example:
contains_string("def")
will match “abcdefg”.
ends_with¶
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hamcrest.library.text.stringendswith.
ends_with
(string)¶ Matches if object is a string ending with a given string.
Parameters: string – The string to search for. This matcher first checks whether the evaluated object is a string. If so, it checks if
string
matches the ending characters of the evaluated object.Example:
ends_with("bar")
will match “foobar”.
equal_to_ignoring_case¶
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hamcrest.library.text.isequal_ignoring_case.
equal_to_ignoring_case
(string)¶ Matches if object is a string equal to a given string, ignoring case differences.
Parameters: string – The string to compare against as the expected value. This matcher first checks whether the evaluated object is a string. If so, it compares it with
string
, ignoring differences of case.Example:
equal_to_ignoring_case("hello world")
will match “heLLo WorlD”.
equal_to_ignoring_whitespace¶
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hamcrest.library.text.isequal_ignoring_whitespace.
equal_to_ignoring_whitespace
(string)¶ Matches if object is a string equal to a given string, ignoring differences in whitespace.
Parameters: string – The string to compare against as the expected value. This matcher first checks whether the evaluated object is a string. If so, it compares it with
string
, ignoring differences in runs of whitespace.Example:
equal_to_ignoring_whitespace("hello world")
will match
"hello world"
.
matches_regexp¶
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hamcrest.library.text.stringmatches.
matches_regexp
(pattern)¶ Matches if object is a string containing a match for a given regular expression.
Parameters: pattern – The regular expression to search for. This matcher first checks whether the evaluated object is a string. If so, it checks if the regular expression
pattern
matches anywhere within the evaluated object.
starts_with¶
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hamcrest.library.text.stringstartswith.
starts_with
(substring)¶ Matches if object is a string starting with a given string.
Parameters: string – The string to search for. This matcher first checks whether the evaluated object is a string. If so, it checks if
string
matches the beginning characters of the evaluated object.Example:
starts_with("foo")
will match “foobar”.
string_contains_in_order¶
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hamcrest.library.text.stringcontainsinorder.
string_contains_in_order
(string1[, string2[, ...]])¶ Matches if object is a string containing a given list of substrings in relative order.
Parameters: string1,... – A comma-separated list of strings. This matcher first checks whether the evaluated object is a string. If so, it checks whether it contains a given list of strings, in relative order to each other. The searches are performed starting from the beginning of the evaluated string.
Example:
string_contains_in_order("bc", "fg", "jkl")
will match “abcdefghijklm”.