From: Kurt Euler <keuler@...>
Date: 2002-09-10T14:15:43+09:00
Subject: Problem with the downto method...

Experts-

I'm attempting to use the downto method to count down from a variable integer to 1. In the example that follows, sp_num was previously given the value of 2. However, when I run the code, I get this error:

    undefined method 'downto' for "2":String (NameError)

Here's the code:

    sp_num.downto(1) {|sp_num_step|
        do_stuff_here
    }

It seems to me I might have to do some sort of string-to-number translation here. I experimented by replacing "sp_num" with "#{sp_num}", but that just seemed to make a comment out of the line. (I got a parse error further on.)

Help!

Thanks.

-Kurt