From: dblack@...
Date: 2003-09-12T06:29:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Passing an Object Class from a method  to a caller

Hi --

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, 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'.

I think it's actually returning the result of break, which is nil
(but can be assigned with "break val" in 1.8.0).


David

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