From: Alex Gutteridge <alexg@...>
Date: 2007-08-23T11:33:17+09:00
Subject: Re: add outside variable to array elements

On 23 Aug 2007, at 11:18, Ignatz Hafflegab wrote:

> whole_file = open('16bytes', 'rb') { |f| f.read}
> ar1 = whole _file.unpack('S*')
>
> puts('Enter an increase value')
> incVal=gets.chomp
> incVal.to_i

This should be incVal = incVal.to_i. String#to_i *returns* the  
integer your String represents it does not convert the String object  
into an Integer.

> ar2 = ar1.collect  { |x| x + incVal}
> puts ar2

There are some typos like the space in 'whole _file', but I assume  
those are just typos (use cut&paste). You don't say what error(s) you  
get, so it is hard to say what your problem is apart from the  
incVal.to_i part.

Alex Gutteridge

Bioinformatics Center
Kyoto University