From: Edwin Fine <efine145-nospam01@...>
Date: 2006-12-09T16:26:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Beginners question about Array#assoc

Chad Thatcher wrote:
> Daniel Finnie wrote:
>> It might be include? (the question mark is part of the method name)
>> 
>> An example of include?'s usage:
>> irb(main):001:0> array = ["a", "b", "c"]
>> => ["a", "b", "c"]
>> irb(main):002:0> array.include? "a"
>> => true
>> irb(main):003:0> array.include? "z"
>> => false
> 
> Thing is its an array of arrays so I need to use the assoc method.
> 
> Anyway I figured it out, the code should have read:
> 
> if !masters.assoc(row["tag"])
> 
> I was being dense and coding at a quarter to 2am on a friday night is 
> never an advisable thing :D

Or you could write

unless masters.assoc(row["tag"])

This seems to be more Rubyish practice from what I've seen.

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