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Expand Up @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Once you develop multiple tests, you may want to group them into a class. pytest
x = "hello"
assert hasattr(x, "check")

``pytest`` discovers all tests following its :ref:`Conventions for Python test discovery <test discovery>`, so it finds both ``test_`` prefixed functions. There is no need to subclass anything. We can simply run the module by passing its filename:
``pytest`` discovers all tests following its :ref:`Conventions for Python test discovery <test discovery>`, so it finds both ``test_`` prefixed functions. There is no need to subclass anything, but make sure to prefix your class with ``Test`` otherwise the class will be skipped. We can simply run the module by passing its filename:

.. code-block:: pytest

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