Scoping in Jest when mocking functions

Question

I have a test where I'm trying to mock a component in two different situations. When I use jest.fn . It almost looks like the first test is just taking the value from the second.

describe('tests', () => {
  let sampleArray = new Array()
  Array.prototype.test = function() {
    return this.innerArray()
  }
  describe('empty', () => {
    sampleArray.innerArray = jest.fn(() => [])
    it('testArray is empty', () => {
      expect(sampleArray.test().length).toEqual(0)
    })
  })

  describe('not empty', () => {
    sampleArray.innerArray = jest.fn(() => ['test'])
    it('testArray is not empty', () => {
      console.log(sampleArray.innerArray())
      expect(sampleArray.test().length).toEqual(1)
    })
  })
})

When I console.log I get the array I expect from innerArray, but it just looks like it doesn't use it.

FAIL  test/sample.test.js
  tests
    empty
      ✕ testArray is empty (8ms)
    not empty
      ✓ testArray is not empty (4ms)

  ● tests › empty › testArray is empty

    expect(received).toEqual(expected)

    Expected value to equal:
      0
    Received:
      1

edit: If I place it inside the it scope, it works. But why can't I do it in the describe scope?

describe('tests', () => {
  let sampleArray = new Array()
  Array.prototype.test = function() {
    return this.innerArray()
  }
  describe('empty', () => {
    it('testArray is empty', () => {
      sampleArray.innerArray = jest.fn(() => [])
      console.log(sampleArray.innerArray())
      expect(sampleArray.test().length).toEqual(0)
    })
  })

  describe('not empty', () => {
    it('testArray is not empty', () => {
      sampleArray.innerArray = jest.fn(() => ['test'])
      expect(sampleArray.test().length).toEqual(1)
    })
  })//works

Answer 1

Unless you specifically expect the array to be shared among all your tests, you should set it up as follows:

Array.prototype.test = function() {
  return this.innerArray()
}

describe('tests', () => {
  let sampleArray

  beforeEach(() =>
    sampleArray = new Array()
  })

  // tests...
});