From: Jason Lillywhite <jason.lillywhite@...>
Date: 2008-06-12T04:37:23+09:00
Subject: array collect - nil can't be coerced into Float (TypeError)

I have this simple program that has a problem that I just can't find a
solution to:
***********
class MyArray

  def count
  a = [50.1,52.0,55.0,60.0]
  b = [0.24,0.1,0.29,0.9]
  i = 0
  c = []
    while i <= 4 do
      puts c = b.collect {|x| x * a[i]}
      i += 1
    end

  end
end

number = MyArray.new
number.count
*********
I want each element of array 'b' to be multiplied by each element of 'a'
and return a vector, 'c' with 16 rows.

this code works, but I get an error that says:
ArrayInsert.rb:9:in `*': nil can't be coerced into Float (TypeError)
  from ArrayInsert.rb:9:in `count'
  from ArrayInsert.rb:9:in `collect'
  from ArrayInsert.rb:9:in `count'
  from ArrayInsert.rb:17

I don't understand where 'nil' is coming from. Can someone help me with
this one? Thank you.
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