I have this bit of code that loops through the END data and does
some time sheet processing. All that bit works, but when I get to the
end of the “DATA” I get an error about calling split for a
nil:NilClass…I an sure it is because I am trying to process the last
record which is an empty string. I’ve been googling and looking at the
book for hours, but can not get this bit right. How do I trap the empty
string and exit the loop properly. Thanks in advance for any help!
Friday – Morning hours 4.75 Afternoon 5.23 total 9.98
hour_calu.rb:12: private method `split’ called for nil:NilClass
(NoMethodError)
Exit code: 1
while times = DATA.gets.chomp.split(",")
day_of_week = times[0].split(",")
##bunch of other rubish calculations go here
printf(" %8s -- Morning hours %01.2f day_of_week, morning_e_time)
week_total =+ morning_e_time + afternoon_e_time
end
puts
##printf(“Weekly total %01.2f\n”,week_total)
END
Monday,07:46,12:04,12:45,17:09
Tuesday,08:00,12:28,13:21,18:09
Wednesday,07:49,12:05,12:58,18:01
Friday – Morning hours 4.75 Afternnon 5.23 total 9.98
hour_calu.rb:12: private method `split’ called for nil:NilClass
(NoMethodError)
I have this bit of code that loops through the END data and does
some time sheet processing. All that bit works, but when I get to the
end of the “DATA” I get an error about calling split for a
nil:NilClass…I an sure it is because I am trying to process the last
record which is an empty string.
Not quite. After the last line of the file has been read, if you call
gets() again, it returns nil. If your last line was really a blank
line, you wouldn’t get an error:
line = “”
processed_line = line.chomp.split(",")
puts “—>#{processed_line}<----”