cheers.rb

# Build on the results of our in-class exploration to output, for example:
# Give me an... A
# Give me a... B
# Give me a... B
# Give me a... Y
# ABBY’s just GRAND!
# When given the input of “Abby”. Note: the “a” vs. “an”

name = gets.chomp
name.each_char do |char|
  puts "Give me a.. #{char.upcase}"
end

helper.rb

require "minitest/autorun"

# These helpers are just some toys if you want to try them!
# I pulled them out of the NSS-futureperfect-CLI repo.

def strip_control_characters_and_excesses(string)
  last =  string.split("\033[2;0f").last#.gsub(/(\e\[\d+\w)|(\e\[\w)/,"")
  if last.empty?
    ""
  else
    last.gsub(/(\e\[\d+\w)|(\e\[\w)/,"").gsub(" +","")
  end
end

def assert_includes_in_order input, *items
  input = strip_control_characters_and_excesses(input)
  regexp_string = items.join(".*").gsub("?","\\?")
  assert_match /#{regexp_string}/, input.delete("\n"), "Expected /#{regexp_string}/ to match:\n" + input
end

Rakefile

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# -*- ruby -*-

require 'rake/testtask'
Rake::TestTask.new() do |t|
  t.pattern = "test/test_*.rb"
end

desc "Run tests"
task :default => :test

test test_cheers_integration.rb

require_relative 'helper'

class TestCheersIntegration < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase

  def test_a_name_with_no_vowels
    shell_output = ""
    IO.popen('ruby cheers.rb', 'r+') do |pipe|
      pipe.puts "BRT"
      pipe.close_write
      shell_output = pipe.read
    end
    expected_output = <<EOS
Give me a.. B
Give me a.. R
Give me a.. T
EOS
    assert_equal expected_output, shell_output
  end

end