From: Mike Harris <GENIE@...>
Date: 2006-06-20T05:19:59+09:00
Subject: Re: associative array naming indirection

uh ......... what's the error

dan donaldson wrote:

>I have an array of names in string form as an instance var. The class 
>the array is in has a method that takes an array of string values.
>
>I want to construct an associative array such that the names in the 
>first array are the keys to the values in the received array.
>
>this throws an error:
>--------------
> def initialize
>    @labels = ['prov', 'area', 'zone', district', 'postalcode', 
>'city_prov', 'addr']
>    @pageData = {}
>  end
>
>  def adddata(data)
>    max = data.length
>    max -= 1
>    0.upto(max) {|i| @pageData[@labels[i]] => data[i] }
>  end
>
>--------------
>
>obviously, some giant conceptual leap needs to be made, or its a 
>miniscule typo. (methinks the former)
>
>Anyone got advice?
>
>  
>