Why does my regex for "include?" not work?

Question

I'm using Watir WebDriver and test/unit with Firefox.

The following code works:

assert(@browser.text.include?("Company employees"))

Why does the following code not work?

assert(@browser.text.include?(/Company employees/))

Answer 1

The String#include? method only accepts strings or characters. It does not accept regular expressions.

You can use either of the following to assert against the regexp:

assert(@browser.text.match(/Company employees/))
assert(@browser.text =~ /Company employees/)
assert(@browser.text[/Company employees/])

However, I think it is more clear (reading the code and the error message) if you use the assert_match:

assert_match(/Company employees/, @browser.text)

Answer 2

try assert(@browser.text.include?("/Company employees/"))