Merge pull request #304 from chrboesch/testing_exercise

Added testing exercise.

1 files changed, 104 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/exercises/102_testing.zig b/exercises/102_testing.zig
index dc1da59..89a0ee8 100644
--- a/exercises/102_testing.zig
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+//
+// A big advantage of Zig is the integration of its own test system.
+// This allows the philosophy of Test Driven Development (TDD) to be
+// implemented perfectly. Zig even goes one step further than other
+// languages, the tests can be included directly in the source file.
+//
+// This has several advantages. On the one hand it is much clearer to
+// have everything in one file, both the source code and the associated
+// test code. On the other hand, it is much easier for third parties
+// to understand what exactly a function is supposed to do if they can
+// simply look at the test inside the source and compare both.
+//
+// Especially if you want to understand how e.g. the standard library
+// of Zig works, this approach is very helpful. Furthermore it is very
+// practical, if you want to report a bug to the Zig community, to
+// illustrate it with a small example including a test.
+//
+// Therefore, in this exercise we will deal with the basics of testing
+// in Zig. Basically, tests work as follows: you pass certain parameters
+// to a function, for which you get a return - the result. This is then
+// compared with the EXPECTED value. If both values match, the test is
+// passed, otherwise an error message is displayed.
+//
+//          testing.expect(foo(param1, param2) == expected);
+//
+// Also other comparisons are possible, deviations or also errors can
+// be provoked, which must lead to an appropriate behavior of the
+// function, so that the test is passed.
+//
+// Tests can be run via Zig build system or applied directly to
+// individual modules using "zig test xyz.zig".
+//
+// Both can be used script-driven to execute tests automatically, e.g.
+// after checking into a Git repository. Something we also make extensive
+// use of here at Ziglings.
+//
 const std = @import("std");
 const testing = std.testing;
 
-fn add(a: u16, b: u16) u16 {
+// This is a simple function
+// that builds a sum from the
+// passed parameters and returns.
+fn add(a: f16, b: f16) f16 {
     return a + b;
 }
 
-test "simple test" {
+// The associated test.
+// It always starts with the keyword "test",
+// followed by a description of the tasks
+// of the test. This is followed by the
+// test cases in curly brackets.
+test "add" {
+
+    // The first test checks if the sum
+    // of '41' and '1' gives '42', which
+    // is correct.
     try testing.expect(add(41, 1) == 42);
+
+    // Another way to perform this test
+    // is as follows:
+    try testing.expectEqual(add(41, 1), 42);
+
+    // This time a test with the addition
+    // of a negative number:
+    try testing.expect(add(5, -4) == 1);
+
+    // And a floating point operation:
+    try testing.expect(add(1.5, 1.5) == 3);
+}
+
+// Another simple function
+// that returns the result
+// of subtracting the two
+// parameters.
+fn sub(a: f16, b: f16) f16 {
+    return a - b;
+}
+
+// The corresponding test
+// is not much different
+// from the previous one.
+// Except that it contains
+// an error that you need
+// to correct.
+test "sub" {
+    try testing.expect(sub(10, 5) == 6);
+
+    try testing.expect(sub(3, 1.5) == 1.5);
+}
+
+// This function divides the
+// numerator by the denominator.
+// Here it is important that the
+// denominator must not be zero.
+// This is checked and if it
+// occurs an error is returned.
+fn divide(a: f16, b: f16) !f16 {
+    if (b == 0) return error.DivisionByZero;
+    return a / b;
+}
+
+test "divide" {
+    try testing.expect(divide(2, 2) catch unreachable == 1);
+    try testing.expect(divide(-1, -1) catch unreachable == 1);
+    try testing.expect(divide(10, 2) catch unreachable == 5);
+    try testing.expect(divide(1, 3) catch unreachable == 0.3333333333333333);
+
+    // Now we test if the function returns an error
+    // if we pass a zero as denominator.
+    // But which error needs to be tested?
+    try testing.expectError(error.???, divide(15, 0));
 }