From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@...>
Date: 2011-08-01T15:36:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Error in reading YAML

On Monday 01 August 2011 15:26:45 Gaurang Shah wrote:
> hi guys I am trying to read the YAML documents however it is giving me
> error.
> 
> My YAML file is as below
> scenario:noPassword
>  username:gaurang
>  password:
> scenario:noUsername
>  username:
>  password:gaurang
> 
> And ruby file in which I am reading is like this
> require 'yaml'
> 
> class ReadData
>  config = YAML.load_file("data.yaml")
>   p config["noPassword"]["username"]
>   p config["noPassword"]["password"]
> 
> end
> 
> When i run the above class it gives me following error.
> undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
> 
> Any idea why I am getting this error ???

You need to put a space after the : in your YAML file, otherwyse they won't be 
recognized correctly. Try doing a

p config
p config.keys
p config.values

and you'll see what I'm talking about.

I hope this helps

Stefano