From: darren kirby <bulliver@...>
Date: 2006-06-11T04:55:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Global not evaluated properly in 'if' statement modifier

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quoth the Matthew Smillie:
>
> I'm not able to generalise this result, my similar code (at bottom)
> works as it should.
>
> So, at a guess, I'd suggest that $outtype is not actually "mp3" but
> is "mp3\n".  #puts is smart enough not to include an extra \n, and if
> you're using #print, then the extra line break may not be obvious,
> since it would look just like the result of #puts.  Similarly, "mp3 "
> wouldn't display as obviously wrong.

Good guess! You were correct even though the bunk value was coming from=20
outside the code I posted. Thanks!

> For example:
>
> irb(main):020:0> foo =3D "mp3\n"
> irb(main):021:0> puts foo.inspect
> "mp3\n"
> =3D> nil
> irb(main):022:0> puts foo
> mp3
> =3D> nil
> irb(main):023:0> foo =3D=3D 'mp3'
> =3D> false
>
> If that's not the case, then I'm stumped.
>
> matthew smillie.
>
>
> [this code works]
>
> def foobar
>    type =3D 'ogg'
>    case type
>    when 'ogg'
>      puts "*always"
>      puts "*ogg" if $outtype =3D=3D 'ogg'
>      puts "*mp3" if $outtype =3D=3D 'mp3'
>    end
> end
> =3D> nil
> foobar
> *always
> *mp3
> =3D> nil

Thanks again,
=2Dd
=2D-=20
darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org
"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
=2D Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972

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