From: Justin Collins <collinsj@...>
Date: 2006-05-25T15:34:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Multiple Arrays

eric tabora wrote:
> As you can probably tell, I'm a noob. I'm working with a program called 
> Watir written in ruby. I'm trying to use two txt documents to populate 
> two different text fields. I'm able to create the arrays, but having 
> trouble populating the text fields properly before Submitting. The first 
> field 'Width' populates correctly by placing one line at a time. But the 
> second places all values in the array into the field. Any help would be 
> greatly appreciated.
>
>   
Hi Eric,

> Here's what I have:
>
> def size_entry
>
> 	size_array = IO.readlines("OneOffSizes1.txt")
> 	size_array2 = IO.readlines("OneOffSizes2.txt")
>
>   
So far so good. (Assuming the arrays are the same size). You might try 
more descriptive names, too.
> 	size_array.each_with_index do |size_array,i|
>   
Here is where you start having problems. size_array.each_with_index 
passes in two variables, the /object/ and its /index./ You are using the 
same variable for the object as the array. Try something else like:
                     
                      size_array.each_with_index do |width, index|

> 	$ie.textField(:name, "width").set("#{size_array}")
>
>   
> 	$ie.textField(:name, "height").set("#{size_array2}")
>   
The reason why it works for 'width' is because you are iterating over 
size_array on the outside, but on the inside you are using the 
individual values. But for size_array2 you are using the entire array! 
What I think you are trying to do here is iterate through both arrays in 
parallel.
Try something like:

                   $ie.textField(:name, "width").set("#{width}")
                   $ie.textField(:name, 
"height").set("#{size_array2[index]}")
> 	$ie.button(:value, "Submit").click
>
> 		end
>
> end #size_entry
>
>
>   

So the whole thing would look like:

def size_entry

	width_array = IO.readlines("OneOffSizes1.txt")
	height_array2 = IO.readlines("OneOffSizes2.txt")

	width_array.each_with_index do |width, index|

		$ie.textField(:name, "width").set("#{width}")

		$ie.textField(:name, "height").set("#{height_array[index]}")

		$ie.button(:value, "Submit").click
	end

end

end #size_entry


Hope that helps.

-Justin