From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2012-11-22T22:59:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Arrays with records as objects

On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Steve Tucknott <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

> My todo list has a list array. I want to load the list array with the
> item objects and am using the << operator as:
>
> @list << item_rec
>
> This seems to work ok, and my array goes from 0 length to 1. But, I had
> hoped then to access the record fields via 'list', ie:
> list[0].action
> but when I try to access the 'list[n].action' I seem to have nil in the
> field(s),although looking at 'list' in total seems to show the data.
> List is  ([#<TodoItem:0x8379f30 @item_rec=#<OpenStruct done=false,
> action="1", name="hgafafgafgagaf">>])

With that structure you rather need to do

list[0].item_rec.action

don't you?  Can you share the code of class TodoItem?

> Is it because I have an array of 'objects' - ie 'list' now contains a
> single element of class 'TodoItem'? If so, how do I access the
> 'item_rec' sub object of 'list'?

See above.

Kind regards

robert

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