def testCheckString(self): s = "a" lst = ["a", "b", "c"] Parameter.checkString("a", lst) Parameter.checkString("b", lst) Parameter.checkString("c", lst) self.assertRaises(ValueError, Parameter.checkString, "d", lst) self.assertRaises(ValueError, Parameter.checkString, 5, lst) self.assertRaises(ValueError, Parameter.checkString, "a", s)