[Rails] Cannot access an object’s attributes in an array

Hello,

I am building a site with works and their credits. What I am trying o
achieve is to find each work's similar works based on the mutual
titles in their credits.

I am adding each similar work into an array in a for loop and when I
try to access the attributes of these works I get a "nil object when
you didn't expect it!" error. I can see the Work objects when I debug
in the array, but can't access to their attributes. Here is the code:


class Work < ActiveRecord::Base

  def similar_works
    @similar_works
  end

  def find_similar_works
    @similar_works = []
    for credit in self.credits
      same_credits = credit.title.credits #same credits with mutual
titles
      for credit2 in same_credits
        @similar_works << credit2.work
        end
    end
  end

end



class WorksController < ApplicationController

  def index
    list
    render(:action => 'list')
  end

  def list
    # find similar works for each work
    @works.each do |work|
      work.find_similar_works
    end
  end

end



list.html

<% for work in @works -%>
<% for similarwork in work.similar_works%>
    <%= similarwork.name%> => nil object
    <%=debug(similarwork)%> => sample debug output is below
<% end %>
<% end %>



--- !ruby/object:Work
attributes:
  name: Borozan
  updated_at: 2009-07-31 12:30:30
  created_at: 2009-07-31 12:25:32
attributes_cache: {}

--- !ruby/object:Work
attributes:
  name: Boom
  updated_at: 2009-07-31 12:30:30
  created_at: 2009-07-31 12:25:32
attributes_cache: {}

--- !ruby/object:Work
attributes:
  name: Kamuflaj
  updated_at: 2009-07-31 12:30:30
  created_at: 2009-07-31 12:25:32
attributes_cache: {}

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