From: Jim Carter <jcarter@...>
Date: 2011-01-27T02:14:30+09:00
Subject: Matrix Referencing

I have a Matrix defined as follows:

 wvp =
Matrix[[-40.0,0.006],[0.0,0.045],[32.0,0.18],[59.0,0.50],[70.0,0.74],
      [100.0,1.93],[130.0,4.53]]

  I want to interpolate within this 2D array, which I start to do with
the following equation:

 m = (wvp[i,2]-wvp[i-1,2])/(wvp[i,1]-wvp[i-1,1])

This is readily done in C, but Ruby does not like the fact that I
subtract a one from the index i within the context of the array, i.e.,
[i-1,2].  Even if I try to fake it out by first declaring j = i - 1, and
using j in place of the i-1 within the array coordinate, I get the
following error:

C:\rails_projects\TestRubyConcepts\lib\main.rb:74:in
`humidity_correction': undefined method `-' for nil:NilClass
(NoMethodError)

It's claiming my method - is undefined.  How do I defeat this?

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