Creating a Reusable Dictionary of Steps in Cucumber blog post: http://www.cloudspace.com/blog/2009/02/18/creating-a-reusable-dictionary-of-steps-in-cucumber/

CreateReusableSteps.rb

Then /^it should return a response code of "(.+)"$/ do |resp_code|
  response.code.should == resp_code
end

MultipleTests.rb

Then it should return a response code of "301"
Then it should return a response code of "200"

SuccessfullyUpdated.rb

Then it should return a response code of "200"
And the response body should contain "successfully updated"

WrapItUp.rb

Then /^it should be a successful update$/ do
  Then "it should return a response code of \"200\""
  And "the response body should contain \"successfully updated\""
end