freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/06-quality-assurance/quality-assurance-and-testing-with-chai/test-if-a-value-is-a-string.english.md

id, title, challengeType, forumTopicId

id	title	challengeType	forumTopicId
587d824d367417b2b2512c52	Test if a Value is a String	2	301599

Description

As a reminder, this project is being built upon the following starter project on Repl.it, or cloned from GitHub. isString or isNotString asserts that the actual value is a string.

Instructions

Use assert.isString() or assert.isNotString() to make the tests pass.

Tests

tests:
  - text: All tests should pass.
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12').then(data => { assert.equal(data.state,'passed'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
  - text: You should choose the right assertion - isString vs. isNotString.
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12').then(data => {  assert.equal(data.assertions[0].method, 'isNotString', 'A float number is not a string'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
  - text: You should choose the right assertion - isString vs. isNotString.
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12').then(data => {  assert.equal(data.assertions[1].method, 'isString', 'environment vars are strings (or undefined)'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
  - text: You should choose the right assertion - isString vs. isNotString.
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12').then(data => {  assert.equal(data.assertions[2].method, 'isString', 'A JSON is a string'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })

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