Error While Running Test '' raffleContract is not defined'

[Benrockiee]

I get error while running this test

it("picks a winner, resets, and sends money", async () => {
                  const additionalEntrances = 3 // to test
                  const startingIndex = 2
                  for (let i = startingIndex; i < startingIndex + additionalEntrances; i++) { // i = 2; i < 5; i=i+1
                      raffle = raffleContract.connect(accounts[i]) // Returns a new instance of the Raffle contract connected to player
                      await raffle.enterRaffle({ value: raffleEntranceFee })
                  }
                  const startingTimeStamp = await raffle.getLastTimeStamp() // stores starting timestamp (before we fire our event)

                  // This will be more important for our staging tests...
                  await new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
                      raffle.once("WinnerPicked", async () => { // event listener for WinnerPicked
                          console.log("WinnerPicked event fired!")
                          // assert throws an error if it fails, so we need to wrap
                          // it in a try/catch so that the promise returns event
                          // if it fails.
                          try {
                              // Now lets get the ending values...
                              const recentWinner = await raffle.getRecentWinner()
                              const raffleState = await raffle.getRaffleState()
                              const winnerBalance = await accounts[2].getBalance()
                              const endingTimeStamp = await raffle.getLastTimeStamp()
                              await expect(raffle.getPlayer(0)).to.be.reverted
                              // Comparisons to check if our ending values are correct:
                              assert.equal(recentWinner.toString(), accounts[2].address)
                              assert.equal(raffleState, 0)
                              assert.equal(
                                  winnerBalance.toString(), 
                                  startingBalance // startingBalance + ( (raffleEntranceFee * additionalEntrances) + raffleEntranceFee )
                                      .add(
                                          raffleEntranceFee
                                              .mul(additionalEntrances)
                                              .add(raffleEntranceFee)
                                      )
                                      .toString()
                              )
                              assert(endingTimeStamp > startingTimeStamp)
                              resolve() // if try passes, resolves the promise 
                          } catch (e) { 
                              reject(e) // if try fails, rejects the promise
                          }
                      })

                      const tx = await raffle.performUpkeep("0x")
                      const txReceipt = await tx.wait(1)
                      const startingBalance = await accounts[2].getBalance()
                      await vrfCoordinatorV2Mock.fulfillRandomWords(
                          txReceipt.events[1].args.requestId,
                          raffle.address

This is the Error i get

          picks a winner, resets, and sends money:
     ReferenceError: raffleContract is not defined
      at Context.<anonymous> (test/unit test/raffle.test.js:163:15)

And This Error Seems to be coming from here

raffle = raffleContract.connect(accounts[i])

Please how do i resolve this?

[krakxn]

Context for the accounts array please.

[Benrockiee]

How?

[othaime-en]

Hey @Benrockiee
Add let raffleContract, accounts above the first beforeEach() at the top and inside the beforeEach(), make sure you have these two lines
accounts = await ethers.getSigners()
raffleContract = await ethers.getContract("Raffle")

[alymurtazamemon]

@Benrockiee You issue is on this line: raffle = raffleContract.connect(accounts[i]). The code is not recognizing this raffleContract. I think you have a different name that gets the Raffle contract make sure to use that here.

[mmuaaz]

You are missing the following line when in your code you have various variables after "let"
raffleContract = await ethers.getContract("Raffle")