From: "Sean O'Dell" <sean@...[REMOVE_THE_SPAM]>
Date: 2003-09-12T06:14:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Passing an Object Class from a method  to a caller

Michael Garriss wrote:

> RLMuller wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>>  
>> I can't seem to pass an Object Class from a method to a calling routine
>>  
>> Here's what I wrote:
>>  
>> def getTypeOf(o)
>>         aTypes = [Array, String, Numeric, Fixnum, Struct, MatchData]
>>         result = Object
>>         i = 0
>>         for t in aTypes
>>             i += 1
>>             if o.is_a?t then
>>                 result=t
>>                 print "Index = #{i.to_s}: Type = '#{t.to_s}'\n"
>>                 break
>>             end
>>         result
>>         end
>> end
> 
> 
> 
> Looks like your 'break' is passing the 'result' line and thus returning 
> the result of 'print'.

In other words, it looks like you have the last "result" expression 
inside the for loop, which is probably not what you wanted.

	Sean O'Dell