Controller if statement error with param

Rails
1

Hi, Please help me with this maddening little problem.

The if statement in the controller (below) does not detect the string
“ALL” contained in params[:state]. This param was entered in a form
(not shown here).

I can see on the rendered page (below) that this variable is indeed
present in the ‘@state’ variable as it is rendered correctly.

The question then is why the if ‘@state == “ALL”’ condition is not
“true”? If it were true, @debug should be == 1.

I have also tried using a regex ‘if @state =~ /ALL/’ to no avail.

Thanks!

controller

…
def search
…
@state = params[:state]
@debug = 0
if @state == “ALL”
@debug = 1
end
…
end

view

…

DEBUG: @state = <%= @state %>
DEBUG: @debug = <%= @debug %>

...

rendered page

DEBUG: @state = ALL
DEBUG: @debug = 0

Thanks!

2

Hi,

are you sure its a string? just check with @state.class, and also try to
print the value before the if (so as to confirm its not getting modified
later on)

-NAYAK

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Fididle Fididle <

3

Vishwanath Nayak wrote:

Hi,

are you sure its a string? just check with @state.class, and also try to
print the value before the if (so as to confirm its not getting modified
later on)

-NAYAK

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Fididle Fididle <

Thanks Nayak. I was trying to compare an array with a simple string.
Changing the test (below) works.

controller

…
def search
…
@state = params[:state]
@debug = 0
if @state[0] == “ALL”
@debug = 1
end
…
end