scala> import org.scalatest.Assertions._ import org.scalatest.Assertions._ scala> def fn() = { //#299 | throw new IllegalStateException("illegal state") | } fn: ()Nothing scala> assertThrows[IllegalArgumentException] { | fn() | } org.scalatest.exceptions.TestFailedException: Expected exception java.lang.IllegalArgumentException to be thrown, but java.lang.IllegalStateException was thrown at org.scalatest.Assertions$class.newAssertionFailedException(Assertions.scala:528) at org.scalatest.Assertions$.newAssertionFailedException(Assertions.scala:1387) at org.scalatest.Assertions$class.assertThrows(Assertions.scala:871) at org.scalatest.Assertions$.assertThrows(Assertions.scala:1387) at .<init>(<console>:27) at .<clinit>(<console>) scala> assertResult(2) { | 3 | } org.scalatest.exceptions.TestFailedException: Expected 2, but got 3 at org.scalatest.Assertions$class.newAssertionFailedException(Assertions.scala:528) at org.scalatest.Assertions$.newAssertionFailedException(Assertions.scala:1387) at org.scalatest.Assertions$class.assertResult(Assertions.scala:1023) at org.scalatest.Assertions$.assertResult(Assertions.scala:1387) at .<init>(<console>:26) scala> val no = 5 no: Int = 5 scala> assert(no == 2) org.scalatest.exceptions.TestFailedException: 5 did not equal 2 at org.scalatest.Assertions$class.newAssertionFailedException(Assertions.scala:528) at org.scalatest.Assertions$.newAssertionFailedException(Assertions.scala:1387) at org.scalatest.Assertions$AssertionsHelper.macroAssert(Assertions.scala:501) at .<init>(<console>:27) at .<clinit>(<console>) scala> scala> import org.scalatest.DiagrammedAssertions._ import org.scalatest.DiagrammedAssertions._ scala> val no = 5 no: Int = 5 scala> assert(no == 2) org.scalatest.exceptions.TestFailedException: assert(no == 2) | | | 5 | 2 false at org.scalatest.Assertions$class.newAssertionFailedException(Assertions.scala:528) at org.scalatest.DiagrammedAssertions$.newAssertionFailedException(DiagrammedAssertions.scala:385) at org.scalatest.DiagrammedAssertions$DiagrammedAssertionsHelper.macroAssert(DiagrammedAssertions.scala:241) at .<init>(<console>:30) scala> scala> val caught = | intercept[ArithmeticException] { | 1 / 0 | } caught: ArithmeticException = java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero