/ Ruby on Rails
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method

assigns

assigns(key = nil)
public

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# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb, line 421
    def assigns(key = nil)
      if key.nil?
        @response.template.assigns
      else
        @response.template.assigns[key.to_s]
      end
    end

1Note

used for testing

ivanoats ยท Mar 1, 20092 thanks

for example, to use the @message instance variable in a view test, 

assigns[:message] = @message

you could type 

assigns[:foo] = @message

and then message would be available to the view as @foo.