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## 11.9 Testing

Once you have written the package, embed it in a file, for example, sortpak.spad. testing Be sure to include an )abbrev command at the top of the file:

)abbrev package SORTPAK SortPackage

Now compile the file (using )compile sortpak.spad).

Expose the constructor. You are then ready to begin testing.

)expose SORTPAK

Define a list.

l := [1,7,4,2,11,-7,3,2]

Since the integers are an ordered set, a one-argument operation will do.

bubbleSort!(l)

Re-sort it using ``greater than.''

bubbleSort!(l,(x,y) +-> x > y)

Now sort it again using < on integers.

bubbleSort!(l, < $Integer)

A string is an aggregate of characters so we can sort them as well.

bubbleSort! "Mathematical Sciences"

Is < defined on booleans?

false < true

Good! Create a bit string representing ten consecutive boolean values true.

u : Bits := new(10,true)

Set bits 3 through 5 to false, then display the result.

u(3..5) := false; u

Now sort these booleans.

bubbleSort! u

Create an ``eq-table'', a table having integers as keys and strings as values.

t : EqTable(Integer,String) := table()

Give the table a first entry.

t.1 := "robert"

And a second.

t.2 := "richard"

What does the table look like?

t

Now sort it.

bubbleSort! t
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