From ea6553bec340920d8a09c7210cdc2d218e25ace2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 15:13:38 +0200
Subject: patch 7.4.1663 Problem:    In tests it's often useful to check if a
 pattern matches. Solution:   Add assert_match().

---
 src/testdir/test_assert.vim | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/testdir/test_assert.vim')

diff --git a/src/testdir/test_assert.vim b/src/testdir/test_assert.vim
index 2ac828b28..bc025b4c4 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_assert.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_assert.vim
@@ -57,14 +57,26 @@ func Test_compare_fail()
     call assert_equal(s:w, '')
   catch
     call assert_exception('E724:')
-    call assert_true(v:errors[0] =~ "Expected NULL but got ''")
+    call assert_match("Expected NULL but got ''", v:errors[0])
     call remove(v:errors, 0)
   endtry
 endfunc
 
+func Test_match()
+  call assert_match('^f.*b.*r$', 'foobar')
+
+  call assert_match('bar.*foo', 'foobar')
+  call assert_match("Pattern 'bar.*foo' does not match 'foobar'", v:errors[0])
+  call remove(v:errors, 0)
+
+  call assert_match('bar.*foo', 'foobar', 'wrong')
+  call assert_match('wrong', v:errors[0])
+  call remove(v:errors, 0)
+endfunc
+
 func Test_assert_fail_fails()
   call assert_fails('xxx', {})
-  call assert_true(v:errors[0] =~ "Expected {} but got 'E731:")
+  call assert_match("Expected {} but got 'E731:", v:errors[0])
   call remove(v:errors, 0)
 endfunc
 
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