From: Julian Leviston <julian@...>
Date: 2008-04-03T17:04:51+09:00
Subject: Re: ArgumentError even if variable is set

Yes, cgi.params is an array, but cgi.params["numdomains"] shouldn't be.

Julian.


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On 03/04/2008, at 7:01 PM, Prabhas Gupte wrote:

> Julian Leviston wrote:
>> That's because your params["numdomains"] is returning a blank array,
>> so technically it's not empty. to_i is a method of the string class.
>>
>> you could put
>>
>> params["numdomains"].to_s.to_i
>>
>> But I don't know why your numdomains is returning an array??
>>
>> Julian
>>
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> cgi.params is an array. And to_i method does not work on arrays.
> And contents at each array index are also not strings. Hence, it is
> needed to convert them to string first and then use to_i.
> to_s works on any object.
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