The doctest module searches for pieces of text that look like interactive Python sessions, and then executes those sessions to verify that they work exactly as shown. Here ur a_list[3] in docstring is 42 then doctest expects it to be 42 for success. Since u changed 42 to 16 then it is not = 42 as per the a_list[3]=42 in docstring hence it raises error.
--nitin On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Roelof Wobben <rwob...@hotmail.com> wrote: > hello, > > I have this programm > > # Add your doctests here: > """ > >>> a_list[3] > 42 > >>> a_list[6] > 'Ni!' > >>> len(a_list) > 8 > """ > a_list = ['test', 'test','test',42,'test','test','Ni!','test'] > print a_list[3] > print a_list[6] > print len(a_list) > if __name__ == '__main__': > import doctest > doctest.testmod() > > If I change lets say 42 to 16 then the doctest fails with > > Expecting > > 42 > > Got > > 16. > > > How does doctest now which values are right or not ? > > Roelof > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > >
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