Receiving a Failure when running test

Question

1) Editing todo lists updates a todo list successfully with correct information
     Failure/Error: within "#todo_list_#{todo_list.id}" do
     NameError:
       undefined local variable or method `todo_list' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x00000001b58550>
     # ./spec/features/todo_lists/edit_spec.rb:9:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

Finished in 0.03715 seconds
1 example, 1 failure

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/features/todo_lists/edit_spec.rb:4 # Editing todo lists updates a todo list successfully with correct information

Randomized with seed 45171

This is the error that I receive when I run the following code I can't seem to find where the error is on that line.

require 'spec_helper'

describe "Editing todo lists" do
    it "updates a todo list successfully with correct information" do
        todo_lists = TodoList.create(title: "Groceries", description: "Grocery List.")


        visit "/todo_lists"
        within "#todo_list_#{todo_list.id}" do        # Here is where the error is and I can't see it.
            click_link "Edit"

        end

        fill_in "Title", with: "New title"
        fill_in "Description", with: "New description"
        click_button "Update Todo_list"


        expect(page).to have_content("Todo list was successfully updated")
        expect(todo_list.title).to eq("New title")
        expect(todo_list.description).to eq("New description")

  end

end

Thanks for any help you can give I am sure that I am missing something very simple here.

Answer 1 · 2014-12-02T07:49:38Z

December 2, 2014 7:49am

In line 5 you are creating the variable with plural name and your test expects a singular name.

Answer 2 · 2014-12-03T03:10:47Z

December 3, 2014 3:10am

We may be having a similar problem. I have been getting an error with my app as well. I have been comparing your 'edit.spec.rb' to mine and I think that I may have discovered my problem. We might have the same issue but with different portions of the app. The code for creating a title in mine is slightly different but here it is:

let!(:todo_list) { TodoList.create(title: "Groceries", description: "Grocery List:")}

In my 'index.spec.rb code the create title code is:

let!(:todo_list) { TodoList.create(title: "Grocery list", description: "Groceries") }

Titles and descriptions are turned around in mine and 'list' is not captilized in the second snippet of code. This might be what is creating your problem.

I have not had a chance to check this out yet, but if I find something different I will let you know.

Bob

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