How assert_select a string with a new line inside?

Question

I have this string inside my html code:

1\n          \n            word

I want to make an assert_select that ignores those new lines and spaces, so I have tried this:

assert_select ".myclass", /1.+word/

But it does not work:

1) Failure: 
test_new_line(NewLineControllerTest) [test/functional/new_line_controller_test.rb:23]:
</1.+word/> expected but was
<"1\n          \n            word">.

How can I fix it?

Answer 1

You need to specify the multiline flag since there are multiple lines in that string.

assert_select ".myclass", /1.+word/m