ActualPlaceholder interface

The "actual" variable in an expect() statement.

Signature:

interface ActualPlaceholder 

Remarks

This is the first variable passed into expect() when starting an assertion chain.

We refer to it as the "actual" variable, as it's a contrast to the expected variable.

Note that you shouldn't use actual directly in your messages, instead you should use one of the properties of this type.

Given the following assertion chain:

expect(5).to.equal(6);

The value 5 is the "actual" value/variable.

It's whatever you pass to expect when calling it initially.

Property	Type	Description
fullValue	string	The "actual" value in an expect() statement, which is not collapsed.
type	string	A string representing the type of the actual value in an expect() statement.
value	string	The "actual" value in an expect() statement, which can optionally be collapsed.