Test-shopping.bats fails even when expected value matches actual value

Programming jq
1

Hi, I’m having some trouble figuring out why my tests are failing in the CLI but passing when I submit them:

When I run shopping.jq ($ jq -f shopping.jq shopping-list.json) my output is:

“Ingredients for pancakes”
8
0.25
{
“buttermilk”: “regular milk”,
“melted butter”: “vegetable oil”,
“blueberries”: “chopped apple”
}

Then I run $ bats test-shopping.bats and my output is:

test-shopping.bats
 ✗ Show shopping list name
   (from function `assert_line' in file bats-extra.bash, line 276,
    in test file test-shopping.bats, line 9)
     `assert_line --index 0 '"Ingredients for pancakes"'' failed
   
   -- line differs --
   index    : 0
   expected : "Ingredients for pancakes"
   actual   : "Ingredients for pancakes"
   --
   
 ✗ Count the ingredients
   (from function `assert_line' in file bats-extra.bash, line 276,
    in test file test-shopping.bats, line 16)
     `assert_line --index 1 '8'' failed
   
   -- line differs --
   index    : 1
   expected : 8
   actual   : 8
   --

 ✗ Show how much sugar is needed
   (from function `assert_line' in file bats-extra.bash, line 276,
    in test file test-shopping.bats, line 23)
     `assert_line --index 2 '0.25'' failed

   -- line differs --
   index    : 2
   expected : 0.25
   actual   : 0.25
   --

 ✓ Map of substitutions

4 tests, 3 failures

I don’t know why they’d fail if the “actual” values match the “expected” values.

When I submit my solution (exercism submit shopping.jq) it passes.

2

What’s your code look like?

3

It could also be caused by line endings of the jq output. I have no idea how to troubleshoot that, but it is a common source of problems with Windows vs. Linux usage. Maybe someone has an idea how to debug this?

4

I’m pretty sure the way the command output is captured strips all trailing whitespace so carriage returns should not be a factor.

5

bash command substitution strips trailing newlines but not carriage returns.

@kbirkenmayer what editor do you use? Please run this command and show us the output: od -c shopping.jq