example.test

#!./pvcheck

# La The first line it is not needed.  It allows to execute the test
# as if it is a script.

#######################################################################
# SIMPLE EXAMPLE (SINGLE TEST)
#######################################################################


# Tests are divided in sections with names between square brackets.

# Empty lines, and lines starting with '#' are ignored.

# Non-empty lines are compared against those produced by the program
# in the corresponding section.


[AAA]
# For integer numbers the valu is compared (05, +5 and 5 are
# equivalent).
1 2 3
4 05 +6

[BBB]
# For number with a fractional part, before the comparison the values
# produced by the program are rounded to the same number of fractional
# digits used in the definition of the test (two digits in the
# examples here below).
3.14
6.28

[CCC]
# In all the other cases the words composing the non-empty lines are
# compared.
abc
def


# The sepcial section ".SECTIONS" allows to specify additional options
# for the sections.  For instance, the following line indicates that
# the order of the lines in the DDD section is not relevant.  Usually
# options are declared at the beginning of the test file, or in a
# separate configuration file.

[.SECTIONS]
DDD unordered

[DDD]
one two three
four five