There are 2 types of assert statements
1.Simple Version
2.Augmented Version
1.Simple Version:
assert conditional_expression
2.Augmented Version:
assert conditional_expression,message
conditional_expression will be evaluated and if it is true then the program will be continued.
if it is false then the program will be terminated by raising assertionerror.
By seeing assertioneror, programmer can analyze the code and can fix the problem.
Example
Python
def squareIt(x):
return x**x
assert squareIt(2)==4,"The square of 2 should be 4"
assert squareIt(3)==9,"The square of 3 should be 9"
assert squareIt(4)==16,"The square of 4 should be 16"
print(squareIt(2))
print(squareIt(3))
print(squareIt(4))
D:\Python_classes>py test.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 4, in <module>
assert squareIt(3)==9,"The square of 3 should be 9"
AssertionError: The square of 3 should be 9
def squareIt(x):
return x*x
assert squareIt(2)==4,"The square of 2 should be 4"
assert squareIt(3)==9,"The square of 3 should be 9"
assert squareIt(4)==16,"The square of 4 should be 16"
print(squareIt(2))
print(squareIt(3))
print(squareIt(4))
output
PowerShell
4
9
16