Re^2: 'either or' value unit test case in Test::Simple or Test::More

What about an overkill abstract solution?

# is_one_of($val, \@list);
sub is_one_of {
    my $val = shift;
    my $list = shift;
    my $test_name = "$val is not one of @$list";
    for (@$list) {
        pass($test_name), return if $val eq $_;
    }
    diag "never saw [$val] in [@$list]";
    fail($test_name);
}
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And then palette may say:

is_one_of($var, [ qw(a b) ]);
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Update: fixed after grinder's comment — return and diag added.

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Re^3: 'either or' value unit test case in Test::Simple or Test::More by grinder (Bishop) on Jan 05, 2007 at 16:49 UTC
If $list winds up with duplicate values that match $val, your plan is in big trouble. I would change that to `for (@$list) { if ($val eq $_) { pass($test_name); return; } } diag "never saw [$val] in [@$list]"; fail($test_name);` [download] • another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl	[reply] [d/l]