lost in a sea of rspec - ruby

Question

I am so close. I am working to create a simple rspec test for this method. I want it to check that the method receives 'board' and returns a value of c3.
the current test looks like this...
describe 'attempt_win' do
it 'should contain all possible ai win moves' do
#player_computer.attempt_win(#board).should include(#ai_winmoves)
end
it 'should return a win move' do
# need to fake grid input here
board = Board.new
board.grid[:a1] = "O"
board.grid[:b2] = "O"
#player_computer.attempt_win(board).should include("c3") #how to say return 'c3' ??
end
end
the method I'm testing looks like this...
def attempt_win(board)
#keys_with_o = board.grid.select{ |k, v| v == "O" }.keys # find Os on the board
#answers_array = [] # initialize answers array
#ai_winmoves.each do |k, v| # go through each win move in the ai_winmoves array above.
ai_keys = v.select{ |k, v| v == "O"}.keys # grab all computer player's Os from the value hash
intersection = ai_keys & #keys_with_o
# get common elements between two arrays..note: keys_with_o = all current O's on game board
if intersection.length >=2 # when two intersections exist it means two O's are on the board
#answers_array << k # add to answers array per iteration
#answers_array.each do |key|
# answer = #anskey[#thing.last].to_sym
puts "which moves can ai win with?"
puts #anskey[key]
answer = #anskey[key].to_sym
puts "attempt win"
puts answer
if board.grid[answer] == " " #if win move space is empty take it
#move = answer
else #check for a block move
# attempt_block # handled at line 162
end
end
end
end # END #ai_winmoves.each do |k,v|
end
When I run rspec spec, my output related to this test looks like this...
attempt_win
should contain all possible ai win moves
which moves can ai win with?
c3
attempt win
c3
should return a win move (FAILED - 1)
So I need to somehow capture the "c3" in my rspec expectation
anybody point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

ok so the test turned out to be this...
describe 'attempt_win' do
it 'should contain all possible ai win moves' do
#player_computer.attempt_win(#board).should include(#ai_winmoves)
end
it 'should return a win move' do
# need to fake grid input here
myboard = Board.new
myboard.grid[:a1] = "O"
myboard.grid[:b2] = "O"
#player_computer.attempt_win(myboard).should eq(:c3)
end
end
The problem was located in how I was returning my answer in the method...Rspec made me write it correctly...
def attempt_win(board)
#keys_with_o = board.grid.select{ |k, v| v == "O" }.keys # find Os on the board
#answers_array = [] # initialize answers array
#ai_winmoves.each do |k, v| # go through each win move in the ai_winmoves array above.
ai_keys = v.select{ |k, v| v == "O"}.keys # grab all computer player's Os from the value hash
intersection = ai_keys & #keys_with_o
# get common elements between two arrays..note: keys_with_o = all current O's on game board
if intersection.length >=2 # when two intersections exist it means two O's are on the board
#answers_array << k # add to answers array per iteration
#answers_array.each do |key|
# puts "which moves can ai win with?"
# puts #anskey[key]
answer = #anskey[key].to_sym
# puts "attempt win"
# puts answer
if board.grid[answer] == " " #if win move space is empty take it
#move = answer
else #check for a block move
# attempt_block # handled at line 162
end
end
end
end # END #ai_winmoves.each do |k,v|
return #move
end