This depends on how you pick the word from the file and create the number, but if you use rand for both Test::MockRandom may be a good solution for you. Essentially, this allows you to override rand in the tested module, and make it return known results which you can test for.

Just as a note, IMO a random word from a file with a number stuck at the end is a pretty horrible password generator and will almost certainly produce some easily guessable passwords over time. This is in addition to the oft-repeated mistake of sending a cleartext password through unencrypted mail. It would be better to generate a random string to send to the user for logging on once to enter a password of his own (advising some best practices on password generation on the same page).


All dogma is stupid.

In reply to Re: Unit Testing Non-Deterministic Behaviors by tirwhan
in thread Unit Testing Non-Deterministic Behaviors by friedo

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