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ruby operation on arrays with nils

Postby tester » Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:53 pm

Scenario. Two input arrays, that on gui level contain empty lines. Nil lines are not zero's in this case. How to perform math operations on two such arrays in a way, that nil input (in one or other aray) produces nil output?

Example:

array1 + array2 = array3

1 + 5 = 6
nil + 6 = nil
2 + nil = nil
0 + 8 = 8
3 + 9 = 12

I'm guessing it would have to accept string array inputs and string array output.
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Re: ruby operation on arrays with nils

Postby tulamide » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:34 pm

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a = 1, nil, 2, 0, 3
b = 5, 6, nil, 8, 9

c = a.zip(b).map {|x, y| if x == nil or y == nil then nil else x+y end}
# c is [6, nil, nil, 8, 12]
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Re: ruby operation on arrays with nils

Postby tester » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:12 am

Not exactly working.

If inputs are set to string arrays, then values are connected, like 1+5=15. If inputs are float arrays, then nil is converted to 0 before it comes to ruby. Plus - the if statement seems to be ignored anyway. So input string values must be converted within ruby window to floats (but with nils different from 0's), before processing via math.
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Re: ruby operation on arrays with nils

Postby tulamide » Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:18 pm

It wasn't clear from your description, that the arrays would be green ones. A good example of why a schematic can yield better help results ;)

For feeding green arrays into Ruby in the way you need them, only strings make sense. You'd then have to change the algorithm to
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@a.zip(@b).map {|x, y| if x == "" or y == "" then "" else x.to_f+y.to_f end}


See also attached fsm.
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Re: ruby operation on arrays with nils

Postby tester » Wed Jan 20, 2016 5:45 pm

Thanks, this one works.

Not on all machines I have the FS installed.
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