See below. On 21/03/2012, barnesjd <barnesjd+nab...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm interested in using the > http://mvel.codehaus.org/Inline+List,+Maps+and+Arrays compact syntax > available for Maps in MVEL , but I can't quite get it right. I am > attempting to write a simple function to convert English numbers (i.e. > "one", "two", etc) to the integer value. This is how I would LIKE it to > work: > > /function int englishToInt(String englishNumber) > { > return ["one":1, "two":2, "three":3, "four":4, > "five":5].get(englishNumber.toLowerCase()); > }/ > > The closest I've gotten to having it work is this: > > /function int englishToInt(String englishNumber) > { > Map m = ["one":1, "two":2, "three":3, "four":4, "five":5]; > Object obj = m.get(englishNumber.toLowerCase()); > > if(obj != null) > return Integer.parseInt(obj.toString()); > }/ > > But I get this rather unhelpful error message: > / > Error importing : 'defaultpkg.EnglishToInt.englishToInt' > [ function englishToIntenglishToInt (line:7): Syntax error on tokens, delete > these tokens > ]/ > > ... What tokens?? lol
The given line is the one with "function int..." - so delete all of it :) When using MVEL like this, inserting dialect "mvel" up front helps a lot. -W > > Thanks, > Joe > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/Trouble-with-the-MVEL-Map-syntax-tp3844609p3844609.html > Sent from the Drools: User forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > rules-users mailing list > rules-users@lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users > _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users
