On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:32:15 -0400, Mag Gam wrote: > So, in this example: > > "import random" > > In my case I would do "import foo" ? is there anything I need to do for > that?
Suppose you have a file mymodule.py containing your code, and you want some unit tests. If you only have a few, you can probably put them inside mymodule.py, but let's say you have lots and want to keep them in a separate file. So create a new module mymoduletests.py, and start it like this: # mymoduletests.py import unittest import mymodule class MyTests(unittest.TestCase): # Inherit from the TestCase class. # Put your tests inside this class def test_module_has_docstring(self): """Fail if the module has no docstring, or if it is empty.""" docstring = mymodule.__doc__ self.assert_(docstring is not None) self.assert_(docstring.strip() != '') if __name__ == '__main__': # only execute this part when you run the module # not when you import it unittest.main() Now to actually run the tests, from command-line, type: python mymoduletests.py and hit enter. (You do this from the operating system shell, not the Python interactive interpreter.) You should see something like this: . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ran 1 tests in 0.001s OK -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list