@bbashcode/lotide-flex/assertEqual.js

A clone of the lodash JavaScript library to practice creating various types of functions using JS.

const inspect = require('util').inspect;

/**
 * assertEqual method is used to compare actual vs expected when testing
 * @param  {any except array} actual The first param
 * @param  {any except array} expected The second param
 * @return {void/undefined}      this method does not return anything, rather the side effect is to console log test pass or fail based on comparison
 */
const assertEqual = function(actual, expected) {
  if(typeof actual === "object" && !Array.isArray(actual)){
    if (actual === expected) {
      console.log(`✅✅✅ Assertion Passed: ${inspect(actual)} === ${inspect(expected)}`);
    } else {
      console.log(`🛑🛑🛑 Assertion Failed: ${inspect(actual)} !== ${inspect(expected)}`);
    }
  } else {
    if (actual === expected) {
      console.log(`✅✅✅ Assertion Passed: ${actual} === ${expected}`);
    } else {
      console.log(`🛑🛑🛑 Assertion Failed: ${actual} !== ${expected}`);
    }
  }
  
};

//EXPORT FUNCTION
module.exports = assertEqual;