Special characters in identifier

Ruby
1

I am attempting to create data via a ruby script. One of the require
fields I need to populate is named:
(aard.DLL$)

I tried using:
:"(aard.dll$)".to_sym => “kimchi” but it did not work. I also tried
“:(aard.dll$)”.to.sym => “kimchi”
:"(aard.dll$)" => “kimchi”

Any ideas? I am a novice, but tried searching online for symbol
identifiers with special characters and could not find anything.

Thanks!

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On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:26 PM, DM W. [email protected] wrote:

I am attempting to create data via a ruby script. One of the require
fields I need to populate is named:
(aard.DLL$)

I tried using:
:“(aard.dll$)”.to_sym => “kimchi” but it did not work. I also tried
“:(aard.dll$)”.to.sym => “kimchi”
:“(aard.dll$)” => “kimchi”

All these are invalid syntaxes - but not because of special characters
in the Symbol but rather because you cannot simply do “expr1 =>
expr2”.

Any ideas? I am a novice, but tried searching online for symbol
identifiers with special characters and could not find anything.

First, you do not need to append #to_sym:

irb(main):001:0> :“(aard.dll$)” == :“(aard.dll$)”.to_sym
=> true

Second, maybe you just have the case wrong, because

irb(main):002:0> :“(aard.DLL$)” == :“(aard.dll$)”
=> false

Please note also that in all these examples no identifier is involved.
The item before “=>” is at best a key in a Hash, e.g.

irb(main):003:0> h = {:“(aard.DLL$)” => “kimchi”}
=> {:“(aard.DLL$)”=>“kimchi”}

Can you provide a bit more context that explains what you are trying to
achieve?

Kind regards

robert

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Robert K. wrote in post #1027788:

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:26 PM, DM W. [email protected] wrote:

I am attempting to create data via a ruby script. One of the require
fields I need to populate is named:
(aard.DLL$)

I tried using:
:“(aard.dll$)”.to_sym => “kimchi” but it did not work. I also tried
“:(aard.dll$)”.to.sym => “kimchi”
:“(aard.dll$)” => “kimchi”

All these are invalid syntaxes - but not because of special characters
in the Symbol but rather because you cannot simply do “expr1 =>
expr2”.

Any ideas? I am a novice, but tried searching online for symbol
identifiers with special characters and could not find anything.

First, you do not need to append #to_sym:

irb(main):001:0> :“(aard.dll$)” == :“(aard.dll$)”.to_sym
=> true

Second, maybe you just have the case wrong, because

irb(main):002:0> :“(aard.DLL$)” == :“(aard.dll$)”
=> false

Please note also that in all these examples no identifier is involved.
The item before “=>” is at best a key in a Hash, e.g.

irb(main):003:0> h = {:“(aard.DLL$)” => “kimchi”}
=> {:“(aard.DLL$)”=>“kimchi”}

Can you provide a bit more context that explains what you are trying to
achieve?

Kind regards

robert

I am trying to to create data via the Rally API (an agile tool). I am
creating a story and one of the required fields in the story is a drop
down list named (aard.DDL$). The options for the drop down list are
kimchi and bulgolgi, but using kimchi is fine (I know how to rotate
between the two). so normally I would write something like this:
user_story = @rally.create(:user_story, :name => “this is a test”,
:state => “Open”, :“aard.ddl$” => “Kimchi”)
All work expect the last one. :“aard.ddl$” => “Kimchi”

The script runs, no failures, but it ignores the last part and leaves
the field blank.

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On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 5:26 PM, DM W. [email protected] wrote:

=> true
=> {:“(aard.DLL$)”=>“kimchi”}
down list named (aard.DDL$). The options for the drop down list are
kimchi and bulgolgi, but using kimchi is fine (I know how to rotate
between the two). so normally I would write something like this:
user_story = @rally.create(:user_story, :name => “this is a test”,
:state => “Open”, :“aard.ddl$” => “Kimchi”)
All work expect the last one. :“aard.ddl$” => “Kimchi”

What does “not work” mean? Please show a specific error.

Cheers

robert