How to reuse Cucumber step definition with a table for the last parameter? - cucumber

Question

This code:
Then %{I should see the following data in the "Feeds" data grid:
| Name |
| #{name} |}
And this one:
Then "I should see the following data in the \"Feeds\" data grid:
| Name |
| #{name} |"
And this:
Then "I should see the following data in the \"Feeds\" data grid:\n| Name |\n| #{name} |"
And even this:
Then <<EOS
I should see the following data in the "Feeds" data grid:
| Name |
| #{name} |
EOS
Gives me:
Your block takes 2 arguments, but the Regexp matched 1 argument.
(Cucumber::ArityMismatchError)
tests/endtoend/step_definitions/instruments_editor_steps.rb:29:in `/^the editor shows "([^"]*)" in the feeds list$/'
melomel-0.6.0/lib/melomel/cucumber/data_grid_steps.rb:59:in `/^I should see the following data in the "([^"]*)" data grid:$/'
tests/endtoend/instruments_editor.feature:11:in `And the editor shows "myFeed" in the feeds list
This one:
Then "I should see the following data in the \"Feeds\" data grid: | Name || #{name} |"
And this one:
Then "I should see the following data in the \"Feeds\" data grid:| Name || #{name} |"
Gives:
Undefined step: "I should see the following data in the "Feeds" data grid:| Name || myFeed |" (Cucumber::Undefined)
./tests/endtoend/step_definitions/instruments_editor_steps.rb:31:in `/^the editor shows "([^"]*)" in the feeds list$/'
tests/endtoend/instruments_editor.feature:11:in `And the editor shows "myFeed" in the feeds list'

Answer 1

I've found the answer myself:
steps %Q{
Then I should see the following data in the "Feeds" data grid:
| Name |
| #{name} |
}

Answer 2

NOTE ON THE ABOVE: might seem obvious, but the new line after the first '{' is soooooo important
Another way:
Given /^My basic step:$/ do |table|
#do table operation
end
Given /^My referring step:$/ do |table|
table.hashes.each do |row|
row_as_table = %{
|prop1|prop2|
|#{row[:prop1]}|#{row[:prop2]}|
}
Given %{My basic step:}, Cucumber::Ast::Table.parse(row_as_table, "", 0)
end
end

Answer 3

You can also write it this way, using #table
Then /^some other step$/ do
Then %{I should see the following data in the "Feeds" data grid:}, table(%{
| Name |
| #{name} |
})
end

Answer 4

Consider using
Given /^events with:-$/ do |table|
Given %{I am on the event admin page}
table.hashes.each do |row|
Given %{an event with:-}, Cucumber::Ast::Table.new([row]).transpose
end
end
I find that much more elegant that building up the table by hand.
events with:- gets a table like this
| Form | Element | Label |
| foo | bar | baz |
and an event with:- gets a table like
| Form | foo |
| Element | bar |
| Label | baz |