From 729f92748f9ad21b54dfb2a4d3a7aadae0233054 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien Biezemans <jb@jbpros.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 09:49:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add ^ prefix and $ suffix to string-based step definition
 regexps (#77)

---
 lib/cucumber/support_code/step_definition.js       | 6 ++++++
 spec/cucumber/support_code/step_definition_spec.js | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/cucumber/support_code/step_definition.js b/lib/cucumber/support_code/step_definition.js
index 92a276373..0e61b0e9e 100644
--- a/lib/cucumber/support_code/step_definition.js
+++ b/lib/cucumber/support_code/step_definition.js
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ var StepDefinition = function (pattern, code) {
         var regexpString = pattern
           .replace(StepDefinition.QUOTED_DOLLAR_PARAMETER_REGEXP, StepDefinition.QUOTED_DOLLAR_PARAMETER_SUBSTITUTION)
           .replace(StepDefinition.DOLLAR_PARAMETER_REGEXP, StepDefinition.DOLLAR_PARAMETER_SUBSTITUTION);
+        regexpString =
+          StepDefinition.STRING_PATTERN_REGEXP_PREFIX +
+          regexpString +
+          StepDefinition.STRING_PATTERN_REGEXP_SUFFIX;
         regexp = RegExp(regexpString);
       }
       else
@@ -88,6 +92,8 @@ StepDefinition.DOLLAR_PARAMETER_REGEXP              = /\$[a-zA-Z_-]+/;
 StepDefinition.DOLLAR_PARAMETER_SUBSTITUTION        = '(.*)';
 StepDefinition.QUOTED_DOLLAR_PARAMETER_REGEXP       = /"\$[a-zA-Z_-]+"/;
 StepDefinition.QUOTED_DOLLAR_PARAMETER_SUBSTITUTION = '"([^"]*)"';
+StepDefinition.STRING_PATTERN_REGEXP_PREFIX         = '^';
+StepDefinition.STRING_PATTERN_REGEXP_SUFFIX         = '$';
 StepDefinition.UNKNOWN_STEP_FAILURE_MESSAGE         = "Step failure";
 
 module.exports = StepDefinition;
diff --git a/spec/cucumber/support_code/step_definition_spec.js b/spec/cucumber/support_code/step_definition_spec.js
index 4823e7b4e..76ca79cd6 100644
--- a/spec/cucumber/support_code/step_definition_spec.js
+++ b/spec/cucumber/support_code/step_definition_spec.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe("Cucumber.SupportCode.StepDefinition", function () {
 
       beforeEach(function () {
         regexp                                  = createSpy("regexp");
-        regexpString                            = createSpy("regexp string");
+        regexpString                            = "regexp string";
         quotedDollarParameterSubstitutedPattern = createSpyWithStubs("quoted dollar param substituted pattern", {replace: regexpString});
         spyOnStub(pattern, 'replace').andReturn(quotedDollarParameterSubstitutedPattern);
         global.RegExp.andReturn(regexp);
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe("Cucumber.SupportCode.StepDefinition", function () {
 
       it("instantiates a new RegExp", function () {
         stepDefinition.getPatternRegexp();
-        expect(global.RegExp).toHaveBeenCalledWith(regexpString);
+        expect(global.RegExp).toHaveBeenCalledWith("^" + regexpString + "$");
       });
 
       it("returns the new RegExp", function () {