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# [Rspec and Capybara: how to use regex or stop caring about whitespaces](https://blog.brennetot.com/rspec-and-capybara-how-to-use-regex-or-stop-caring-about-whitespaces?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

I recently updated from Slim template to ERB to use Herb (Thanks Marco). I had to update a test that was very strict on the format. I realized that Capybara::Node::Simple doesn’t provide a selector for regex. The page object doesn’t have a match? met...

Nov 25, 2025 · 1 min read · blog.brennetot.com  
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