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Is there a way in python for a pyunit test to output the test it's currently running. Example:

def setUp(self):
    log.debug("Test %s Started" % (testname))

def test_example(self):
    #do stuff

def test_example2(self):
    #do other stuff

def tearDown(self):
    log.debug("Test %s Finished" % (testname))
Brian O'Neill
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You can use self._testMethodName. This is inherited from the unittest.TestCase parent class.

def setUp():
    print "In method", self._testMethodName
Tyler Hobbs
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    Where's the documentation for this? – Cory May 12 '11 at 13:13
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    There's not any. As you might guess from the underscore prefix on the attribute name, this is an internal attribute that's not intended to be exposed. I do wish that there was a proper way to do this, though. – Tyler Hobbs May 13 '11 at 21:00
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self.id().split('.')[-1]

You can find the Documentation at: http://docs.python.org/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.id

edit: For 2.7 users, https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.id

Young-hwi
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You can usestr(self.id()).split()[4]. It could be found here http://docs.python.org/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.id

guettli
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