Added list of changes submitted by Jeff Rose <jeff@rosejn.net>.

[rubyvote] / test / election_test_helper.rb

diff --git a/test/election_test_helper.rb b/test/election_test_helper.rb
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+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../lib/")
+
+require 'rubyvote'
+
+module ElectionTestHelper
+  def test_winner(expected, result) 
+    puts "\nUsing the #{result.class.to_s.gsub(/Result/,'')} voting method..."
+
+    if result.winner?
+      if expected.is_a?(Array) && expected.length > 1 # Array is passed to test for a tie!
+        msg = "There is a tie: %s" % result.winners.join(", ")
+
+        assert_equal(expected.length, result.winners.length, 
+                     "Not the correct number of winners!")
+        assert(expected.all?{|c| result.winners.include?(c)}, 
+               "Tie winners do not match expected!")
+      else 
+        msg = "There is a single winner: #{result.winners[0]}"
+        assert_equal(expected, result.winners[0], msg) 
+      end
+
+    else
+      msg = "There is no winner"
+      assert_nil(expected, msg)
+    end
+
+    puts msg
+  end
+end