From: shadow cipher <onebitcipher@...>
Date: 2007-07-07T02:35:15+09:00
Subject: Re: keep getting an error saying that this array value is nil, however it is not nil

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Yes, brainfart for me.  Elements start at 0.  Doh!  <heads for more coffee>

On 7/6/07, Brad Carson <brad.carson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If i equals the length of the array, elemkeysraw[i] would be out of range
> and return a nil value and trigger the error, no?
> elemkeysraw[i-1] gets the last value in array.
> Not sure why it would be returning a value earlier though.
>
>
> On 7/6/07, shadow cipher <onebitcipher@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > elemkeysraw = str.split(/=(?!>)/)
> > i = elemkeysraw.length
> > scr.printw("This is the value of hashargs is #{hashargs} and it's class
> is
> > #{hashargs.class} and elemkeysraw[i] is #{elemkeysraw[i]}
> > elemkeysraw[i].split(/=>/)[0] is #{elemkeysraw[i].split(/=>/)[0]}")
> >
> > This is the chunk of code,, and the elemkeysraw[i].split(/=>/)[0] causes
> > an
> > error;
> >
> > private method `split' called for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
> >
> > However elemkeysraw[i] provides a value.  What's the deal with
> this?  I'm
> > guessing it is because the fact that "i" is not evaluated until runtime,
> > but
> > why does the element reference work, but not when attempting to use a
> > string
> > method on the value that is contained there?
> >
>

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