What you want is map, not each (the ruby-doc is always your friend): def self.show_pending_users self.find(:all, :conditions => "pending_role is not null").map {|x| "#{x.login}" } end
- Maurício Linhares http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/ (pt-br) | http://blog.codevader.com/ (en) On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Sergio Ruiz <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net> wrote: > > i am having a problem with a current piece of code, and it seems like > the result for each on an array might be the culprit. > > according to everything i have seen before, this should work: > > a = [ "a", "b", "c" ] > a.each {|x| print x, " -- " } > > should produce: > > a -- b -- c -- > > > but i am getting: > >>> a = [ "a", "b", "c" ] > => ["a", "b", "c"] >>> a.each {|x| print x, " -- " } > a -- b -- c -- => ["a", "b", "c"] > > does anyone know where the => ["a", "b", "c"] is coming from? > > specifically, i am trying to run: > > def self.show_pending_users > self.find(:all, :conditions => "pending_role is not null").each { > |x| "#{x.login}" } > end > > where i expect to get a an array of x.login back.. but i am getting back > an array of all the objects ... > > any ideas? > > thanks! > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---