Feature: expect change Expect the execution of a block of code to change the state of an object. Background: Given a file named "lib/counter.rb" with: """ class Counter class << self def increment @count ||= 0 @count += 1 end def count @count ||= 0 end end end """ Scenario: expect change Given a file named "spec/example_spec.rb" with: """ require "counter" describe Counter, "#increment" do it "should increment the count" do expect { Counter.increment }.to change{Counter.count}.from(0).to(1) end # deliberate failure it "should increment the count by 2" do expect { Counter.increment }.to change{Counter.count}.by(2) end end """ When I run `rspec spec/example_spec.rb` Then the output should contain "1 failure" Then the output should contain "should have been changed by 2, but was changed by 1" Scenario: expect no change Given a file named "spec/example_spec.rb" with: """ require "counter" describe Counter, "#increment" do it "should not increment the count by 1 (using to_not)" do expect { Counter.increment }.to_not change{Counter.count} end it "should not increment the count by 1 (using not_to)" do expect { Counter.increment }.not_to change{Counter.count} end end """ When I run `rspec spec/example_spec.rb` Then the output should contain "2 failures" Then the output should contain "should not have changed, but did change from 1 to 2"