Ok, so the following function returns an array, which is strange, because it should return an instance of the Item class. Using IRB I was able to make sure that each item in the @eq and @inv ARRAYS are in fact instances of the ITEM class. After calling the get_item method though, it returns an array containing an instance of the object. I can't seem to figure out why, any ideas?

def get_item(loc,name)
    if loc == :eq
      @eq.each do |item|
        if item.name.downcase.include? name.downcase
          return item
        end
      end
    elsif loc == :inv
      @inv.each do |item|
        if item.name.include? name
          return item
        end
      end
    end
  end

I'd suggest verifying that an item is being matched, maybe just with a simple #print. If it's not matching an item, then Array#each will return an array.

Does Ruby use any sort of special container class for iterators? I know with STL when iterating a list, you tend to have to dereference the iterator in order to directly access a pointer value. I could be way off though :P.

I'm not at home right now to test that out, but Stormy might well be right. Davion: You don't have to dereference the iterator in Ruby, it pretty much works just how I posted it, IF it's matching the item name. I didn't know Array#each returned an array otherwise, that's good to know. Thanks Stormy.


PS - Story, are you working on any kind of mud project in Ruby?

Oh I see what I did wrong. Line 11 of what I posted was supposed to be "if item.name.downcase.include? name.downcase" Stupid errors. Thanks again Stormy for pointing out that thing about Array#each

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