Python unittest – assertEqual() function
Last Updated :
29 Aug, 2020
assertEqual() in Python is a unittest library function that is used in unit testing to check the equality of two values. This function will take three parameters as input and return a boolean value depending upon the assert condition. If both input values are equal assertEqual() will return true else return false.
Syntax: assertEqual(firstValue, secondValue, message)
Parameters: assertEqual() accept three parameter which are listed below with explanation:
- firstValue variable of any type which is used in the comparison by function
- secondValue: variable of any type which is used in the comparison by function
- message: a string sentence as a message which got displayed when the test case got failed.
Listed below are two different examples illustrating the positive and negative test case for given assert function:
Example 1: Negative Test case
Python3
import unittest
class TestStringMethods(unittest.TestCase):
def test_negative( self ):
firstValue = "geeks"
secondValue = "gfg"
message = "First value and second value are not equal !"
self .assertEqual(firstValue, secondValue, message)
if __name__ = = '__main__' :
unittest.main()
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Output:
F
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FAIL: test_negative (__main__.TestStringMethods)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "p1.py", line 12, in test_negative
self.assertEqual(firstValue, secondValue, message)
AssertionError: 'geeks' != 'gfg'
- geeks
+ gfg
: First value and second value are not equal!
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Ran 1 test in 0.000s
FAILED (failures=1)
Example 2: Positive Test case
Python3
import unittest
class TestStringMethods(unittest.TestCase):
def test_positive( self ):
firstValue = "geeks"
secondValue = "geeks"
message = "First value and second value are not equal !"
self .assertEqual(firstValue, secondValue, message)
if __name__ = = '__main__' :
unittest.main()
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Output:
.
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Ran 1 test in 0.000s
OK
Reference: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html
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