# Fixnum problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 7, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixnum-problem/184738 "2010-03-07T19:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manish\_belsare](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@manish\_belsare](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manish_belsare)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixnum-problem/184738/1 "2010-03-07T19:04:22Z")
Sir can i know what is the meaning of the phrase ‘comparison of Fixnum with nil failed’ I want to pass two parameters to a method in a model file… bt wen i pass an integer then it gives the above error… Please help… ---
**Author:** ![manish\_belsare](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@manish\_belsare](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manish_belsare)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixnum-problem/184738/2 "2010-03-07T19:56:38Z")
Manish B. wrote: > Sir can i know what is the meaning of the phrase ‘comparison of Fixnum > with nil failed’ > > I want to pass two parameters to a method in a model file… > bt wen i pass an integer then it gives the above error… > Please help… Sounds like an Enumerable error. $ irb [nil, 1].max ArgumentError: comparison of Fixnum with nil failed ---
**Author:** ![manish\_belsare](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@manish\_belsare](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manish_belsare)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixnum-problem/184738/3 "2010-03-07T20:09:28Z")
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Manish B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote: > Sir can i know what is the meaning of the phrase ‘comparison of Fixnum > with nil failed’ > > I want to pass two parameters to a method in a model file… > bt wen i pass an integer then it gives the above error… > Please help… [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/) One of your numbers doesn’t have a value, it is nil. Is nill more than 1? Less than 1? Is it more than 1000? Less than 1000? It doesn’t make sense to compare nil to a number, so, for example, the code “1 \< nil” will raise “ArgumentError: comparison of Fixnum with nil failed” You need to figure out which parameter was nil, how it got that way, and what you need to do in this situation. ---
**Author:** ![manish\_belsare](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@manish\_belsare](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manish_belsare)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixnum-problem/184738/4 "2010-03-07T20:51:01Z")
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Manish B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G. > “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. > To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > . > For more options, visit this group at > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). Changing the name won’t fix the problem in your code. Post the code for the method (or look to see where your params are compared) ---
**Author:** ![manish\_belsare](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@manish\_belsare](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manish_belsare)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixnum-problem/184738/5 "2010-03-07T20:15:51Z")
Sir i have now tried to declare a same method twice with a different name but the same parameter to both the methods… Bt i still get that fixnum problem… i want to know that calling two different name methods in on Model file works.? how to resolve that error? ---
**Author:** ![manish\_belsare](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@manish\_belsare](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manish_belsare)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixnum-problem/184738/6 "2010-03-07T20:52:12Z")
On Mar 7, 7:15 pm, Manish B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Sir i have now tried to declare a same method twice with a different > name but the same parameter to both the methods… > Bt i still get that fixnum problem… > i want to know that calling two different name methods in on Model file > works.? > how to resolve that error? Look at the backtrace and try and figure out (perhaps using the debugger) what is nil when it shouldn’t be Fred