RSpec.describe "An Example Group with a metadata variable", :foo => 17 do 
   context 'and a context with another variable', :bar => 12 do 
      
      it 'can access the metadata variable of the outer Example Group' do |example| 
         expect(example.metadata[:foo]).to eq(17) 
      end
      
      it 'can access the metadata variable in the context block' do |example|  
         expect(example.metadata[:bar]).to eq(12) 
      end 
      
   end 
end

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RSpec.describe "An Example Group with a metadata variable", :foo => 17 do
   context 'and a context with another variable', :bar => 12 do 
      
      it 'can access the metadata variable in the context block' do |example|
         expect(example.metadata[:foo]).to eq(17) 
         expect(example.metadata[:bar]).to eq(12) 
         example.metadata.each do |k,v|
         puts "#{k}: #{v}"
      end
        
   end 
end 

.execution_result: #<:core::example::executionresult:0x00000002befd50>
block: #<0x00000002bf81a8>
description_args: ["can access the metadata variable in the context block"]
description: can access the metadata variable in the context block
full_description: An Example Group with a metadata variable and a context 
   with another variable can access the metadata variable in the context block
described_class:
file_path: ./metadata_spec.rb
line_number: 7
location: ./metadata_spec.rb:7
absolute_file_path: C:/rspec_tutorial/spec/metadata_spec.rb
rerun_file_path: ./metadata_spec.rb
scoped_id: 1:1:2
foo: 17
bar: 12
example_group:
{:execution_result=>#<:core::example::executionresult:>, :block=>#<
   Proc:0x00000002bfac00@C:/rspec_tutorial/spec/metadata_spec.rb:2>, 
   :description_args=>["and a context with another variable"], 
    
   :description=>"and a context with another variable", 
   :full_description=>"An Example Group with a metadata variable
   and a context with another variable", :described_class=>nil, 
      :file_path=>"./metadata_spec.rb", 
        
   :line_number=>2, :location=>"./metadata_spec.rb:2", 
      :absolute_file_path=>"C:/rspec_tutorial/spec/metadata_spec.rb",
      :rerun_file_path=>"./metadata_spec.rb", 
        
   :scoped_id=>"1:1", :foo=>17, :parent_example_group=>
      {:execution_result=>#<
      RSpec::Core::Example::ExecutionResult:0x00000002c1f690>, 
      :block=>#<0x00000002baff70>
      , :description_args=>["An Example Group with a metadata variable"], 
        
   :description=>"An Example Group with a metadata variable", 
   :full_description=>"An Example Group with a metadata variable", 
    :described_class=>nil, :file_path=>"./metadata_spec.rb", 
   :line_number=>1, :location=>"./metadata_spec.rb:1",
   :absolute_file_path=>
    
   "C:/rspec_tutorial/spec/metadata_spec.rb", 
   :rerun_file_path=>"./metadata_spec.rb", 
   :scoped_id=>"1", :foo=>17}, 
   :bar=>12}shared_group_inclusion_backtrace: [] 
    
last_run_status: unknown .
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