PhantomJS - Test failed when comparing identical objects

Question

I am working on a Angular.js application with Bootstrap (and jQuery). I am using Karma Jasmine with PhantomJS for testing.

I have written a test that runs a method from my controller and compares two identical objects.

it('should have a showDialog method which prompts a crud dialog', function () {
  ctrl.showDialog({
    id: 123,
  });
  expect(ctrl.crudDialogData).toBe({
    id: 123,
  });
});

The showDialog() method stores the argument passed in to the crudDialogData property.

When running my tests I receive the following error:

Expected Object({ id: 123 }) to be Object({ id: 123 }).

As far as I can see, this should be a pass. Any help?

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Replace toBe with toEqual – init fail May 02 '17 at 16:18

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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toBe matches by reference. toEqual matches by value. Looks like you want to use toEqual

Related SO answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27929503/803739

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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answered May 02 '17 at 16:21

Terry

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Ah yes, that did it. Thank you for the help! – Adam McKenna May 02 '17 at 16:28

PhantomJS - Test failed when comparing identical objects

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