Added example of using a regular expression in a transcript test.

Also added a unit test for this feature.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/cmd2.py b/cmd2.py
index 34bd8134..4dcd9ba7 100755
--- a/cmd2.py
+++ b/cmd2.py
@@ -2001,6 +2001,12 @@ class Cmd2TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
        that will execute the commands in a transcript file and expect the results shown.
        See example.py"""
     CmdApp = None
+    regexPattern = pyparsing.QuotedString(quoteChar=r'/', escChar='\\', multiline=True, unquoteResults=True)
+    regexPattern.ignore(pyparsing.cStyleComment)
+    notRegexPattern = pyparsing.Word(pyparsing.printables)
+    notRegexPattern.setParseAction(lambda t: re.escape(t[0]))
+    expectationParser = regexPattern | notRegexPattern
+    anyWhitespace = re.compile(r'\s', re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE)
 
     def fetchTranscripts(self):
         self.transcripts = {}
@@ -2024,13 +2030,6 @@ class Cmd2TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             for (fname, transcript) in its:
                 self._test_transcript(fname, transcript)
 
-    regexPattern = pyparsing.QuotedString(quoteChar=r'/', escChar='\\', multiline=True, unquoteResults=True)
-    regexPattern.ignore(pyparsing.cStyleComment)
-    notRegexPattern = pyparsing.Word(pyparsing.printables)
-    notRegexPattern.setParseAction(lambda t: re.escape(t[0]))
-    expectationParser = regexPattern | notRegexPattern
-    anyWhitespace = re.compile(r'\s', re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE)
-
     def _test_transcript(self, fname, transcript):
         line_num = 0
         finished = False