Rails - Jul 2006 - Calling another method in the same controller

Hi, probably this is realy simple, but for some reason i don''t see it. 
probably i still don''t think object orriented :)

lets say i have a piece of code which generates an array based on a few 
inputs.

within a controller i want to use this code to generate three arrays, 
all based on different input variables how do i do that?
can i call another method within a method? if so, how?

hope somebody can explain it to me, i would be very gratefull

regards

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Yes, like in most languages you can call a method from another method.

You have to be careful about access control though. Have a look at  
''public'', ''private'',
''protected'' function calls used to control
access to your methods from outside the controller. There is a short  
description in section 7.8 of http://www.rubycentral.com/faq/ 
rubyfaqall.html

class MyController < ApplicationController

def array_generator(length)
     Array.new(length)
     # Add whatever you want to your array here
end

def mymethod
   array1 = array_generator(12)
   array2 = array_generator(3)
   array3 = array_generator(4)

   puts array1.size #
   puts array2.size #
   puts array3.size #
end

end

-christos

On 26 Jul 2006, at 14:50, Remco wrote:
> Hi, probably this is realy simple, but for some reason i don''t see
it.
> probably i still don''t think object orriented :)
>
> lets say i have a piece of code which generates an array based on a  
> few
> inputs.
>
> within a controller i want to use this code to generate three arrays,
> all based on different input variables how do i do that?
> can i call another method within a method? if so, how?
>
> hope somebody can explain it to me, i would be very gratefull
>
> regards
>
> -- 
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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