Possible to run python doctest on a jupyter cell function?

Question

There seems to be a package to enable this functionality, but I have no luck with it in python 3.5.2, or 2.7.12:

from ipython_doctester import test

@test
def my_fun():
    '''
    >>> 2 + 3
    6
    '''
    pass

TypeError: data must be a dict, got: 'ipython_doctester'

Is it possible to run a doctest from a jupyter cell using this package or some other way?

I've looked at %doctest_mode also, and I see that it turns Doctest mode off and on, but have been unable to run an actual doctest from a cell.

Answer 1

Try this on Jupyter notebook:

def my_fun():
    '''
    >>> 2 + 3
    6
    '''
    pass

import doctest
doctest.testmod()

The result should be:

**********************************************************************
File "__main__", line 3, in __main__.my_fun
Failed example:
    2 + 3
Expected:
    6
Got:
    5
**********************************************************************
1 items had failures:
   1 of   1 in __main__.my_fun
***Test Failed*** 1 failures.
TestResults(failed=1, attempted=3)

(I used python 2.7.12)

Answer 2

I keep hitting this page, but wanted to run a test for a single function. In that instance, the answer at https://stackoverflow.com/a/10081450/741316 helps. Namely:

def my_fun():
    '''
    >>> 2 + 3
    6
    '''
    pass

import doctest
doctest.run_docstring_examples(my_fun, globals())