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Test cases, wildcarded test cases, tags and tag expressions are all passed directly as arguments. Tags are distinguished by being enclosed in square brackets.
If no test specs are supplied then all test cases, except "hidden" tests (tagged ```[hide]``` or, in the legacy case, prefixed by `'./'`) are run
If no test specs are supplied then all test cases, except "hidden" tests (tagged ```[hide]```, ```[.]``` or, in the legacy case, prefixed by `'./'`) are run.
Specs must be enclosed in quotes if they contain spaces. If they do not contain spaces the quotes are optional.

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## Tags
-{placeholder for documentation of tags}-
Tags allow an arbitrary number of additional strings to be associated with a test case. Test cases can be selected (for running, or just for listing) by tag - or even by an expression that combines several tags. At their most basic level they provide a simple way to group several related tests together.
As an example - given the following test cases:
TEST_CASE( "A", "[widget]" ) { /* ... */ }
TEST_CASE( "B", "[widget]" ) { /* ... */ }
TEST_CASE( "C", "[gadget]" ) { /* ... */ }
TEST_CASE( "D", "[widget][gadget]" ) { /* ... */ }
The tag expression, ```"[widget]"``` selects A, B & D. ```"[gadget]"``` selects C & D. ```"[widget][gadget]"``` selects just D and ```"[widget],[gadget]"``` selects all four test cases.
For more detail on command line selection see [the command line docs](command-line.md#specifying-which-tests-to-run)
A special tag name, ```[hide]``` causes test cases to be skipped from the default list (ie when no test cases have been explicitly selected through tag expressions or name wildcards). ```[.]``` is an alias for ```[hide]```.
Tag names are not case sensitive.
## BDD-style test cases

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So far so good - this is already an improvement on the setup/ teardown approach because now we see our setup code inline and we can use the stack.
-{placeholder for documentation on nested sections}-
The power of sections really shows, however, when we need to execute a sequence of, checked, operations. Continuing the vector example we might want to verify that after reserving a larger capacity, if we reserve smaller capacity (but still larger than the current size) then the capacity is not, in fact, changed. We can do that, naturally, like so:
SECTION( "reserving bigger changes capacity but not size" ) {
v.reserve( 10 );
REQUIRE( v.size() == 5 );
REQUIRE( v.capacity() >= 10 );
SECTION( "reserving smaller again does not change capacity" ) {
v.reserve( 7 );
REQUIRE( v.capacity() >= 10 );
}
}
Sections can be nested to an arbitrary depth (limited only by your stack size). Each leaf section (i.e. a section that contains no nested sections) will be executed exactly once, on a separate path of execution from any other leaf section (so no leaf section can interfere with another). Obviously a failure in a parent section will prevent nested sections from running - but that's the idea.
## BDD-Style
If you name your test cases and sections appropriately you can achieve a BDD-style specification structure. This became such a useful way of working that first class support has been added to Catch. Scenarios can be specified using ```SCENARIO```, ```GIVEN```, ```WHEN``` and ```THEN``` macros, which map on to ```TEST_CASE```s and ```SECTION```s, respectively (for more details see [Test cases and sections](test-cases-and-sections.md)).
The vector example can be adjusted to use these macros like so:
```c++
SCENARIO( "vectors can be sized and resized", "[vector]" ) {
GIVEN( "A vector with some items" ) {
std::vector<int> v( 5 );
REQUIRE( v.size() == 5 );
REQUIRE( v.capacity() >= 5 );
WHEN( "the size is increased" ) {
v.resize( 10 );
THEN( "the size and capacity change" ) {
REQUIRE( v.size() == 10 );
REQUIRE( v.capacity() >= 10 );
}
}
WHEN( "the size is reduced" ) {
v.resize( 0 );
THEN( "the size changes but not capacity" ) {
REQUIRE( v.size() == 0 );
REQUIRE( v.capacity() >= 5 );
}
}
WHEN( "more capacity is reserved" ) {
v.reserve( 10 );
THEN( "the capacity changes but not the size" ) {
REQUIRE( v.size() == 5 );
REQUIRE( v.capacity() >= 10 );
}
}
WHEN( "less capacity is reserved" ) {
v.reserve( 0 );
THEN( "neither size nor capacity are changed" ) {
REQUIRE( v.size() == 5 );
REQUIRE( v.capacity() >= 5 );
}
}
}
}
```
A nice consequence of this is that when these tests are run the test names are reported like this:
```
Scenario: vectors can be sized and resized
Given: A vector with some items
When: more capacity is reserved
Then: the capacity changes but not the size
```
## Next steps
For more specific information see the [Reference pages](reference-index.md)