Rails - Mar 2006 - String keys in hash

Hi all,

My app is going to count sth based on poll id in the url. The url
looks like:
http://address.com?id=dwNKiItvcyrQ5sycnIhmJablDfXsc9tshaGIVyNIei7.e7&some_other_parameters

In a controller, I''ve created a hash where the keys are the ids:

@codes = {
         ''dwNKiItvcyrQ5sycnIhmJablDfXsc9tshaGIVyNIei7.e7''
=>
         {:partner_id => 0,
         :partner_name => ''sth'',
         :page_number => 1},
         ...
         }

Then i do:

poll_id = ''"'' + params[''id''] +
''"''

The problem is, @codes[poll_id] returns nil.

Otherwise, @codes["dwNKiItvcyrQ5sycnIhmJablDfXsc9tshaGIVyNIei7.e7"]
works ok. What am I doing wrong if the keys are the same and explicite
string works while variable doesn''t?

Can you explain me that and write how to solve that problem?

Thanks in advance, greetz

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Hi --

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Konlin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My app is going to count sth based on poll id in the url. The url
> looks like:
>
http://address.com?id=dwNKiItvcyrQ5sycnIhmJablDfXsc9tshaGIVyNIei7.e7&some_other_parameters
>
> In a controller, I''ve created a hash where the keys are the ids:
>
> @codes = {
>         ''dwNKiItvcyrQ5sycnIhmJablDfXsc9tshaGIVyNIei7.e7''
=>
>         {:partner_id => 0,
>         :partner_name => ''sth'',
>         :page_number => 1},
>         ...
>         }
>
> Then i do:
>
> poll_id = ''"'' + params[''id''] +
''"''
>
> The problem is, @codes[poll_id] returns nil.
>
> Otherwise,
@codes["dwNKiItvcyrQ5sycnIhmJablDfXsc9tshaGIVyNIei7.e7"]
> works ok. What am I doing wrong if the keys are the same and explicite
> string works while variable doesn''t?
They''re not the same; one of them has double quotation marks and the
other doesn''t.  The string:

    abc

and the string

   "abc"

do not make for the same hash key.


David

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On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 03:08:28PM +0100, Konlin wrote:
> @codes = {
>          ''dwNKiItvcyrQ5sycnIhmJablDfXsc9tshaGIVyNIei7.e7''
=>
>          {:partner_id => 0,
>          :partner_name => ''sth'',
>          :page_number => 1},
>          ...
>          }
> 
> Then i do:
> 
> poll_id = ''"'' + params[''id''] +
''"''
What are those ''"'' + ... + ''"''
for? You are already passing a
string when you do params[''id''] so this would be enough:
 
  poll_id = params[''id'']
  @codes[poll_id]

or just: @codes[params[''id'']]

-- 
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Hi KN,

W Twoim li?cie datowanym 19 marca 2006 (16:08:46) mo?na przeczyta?:

K> What are those ''"'' + ... +
''"'' for? You are already passing a
K> string when you do params[''id''] so this would be enough:
K>  
K>   poll_id = params[''id'']
K>   @codes[poll_id]

K> or just: @codes[params[''id'']]

You''re right. Thanks for answer, I''m a very beginning
programmer :)

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