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patch_example.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import unittest
+from io import StringIO
+from unittest.mock import patch
+import print_things  # import the module containing the function with print statements
+
+class TestPrintFunction(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_print_example(self):
+        # The expected output of the print statement
+        expected_output = "the world\n"
+
+        # Using a context manager to temporarily replace sys.stdout with a StringIO object
+        with patch('sys.stdout', new=StringIO()) as captured_output:
+            print_things.print_the_world() # Call the function that has the print statement
+
+            # Assert the captured output is equal to the expected output
+            self.assertEqual(captured_output.getvalue(), expected_output)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()