Re: `+': Range can't be coerced into Fixnum (TypeError)

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:07:33 +0900, Prateek Agarwal wrote:

> I am getting the follower
> `+': Range can't be coerced into Fixnum (TypeError)
> 
> How to get rid of this?
> 
> Attachments:
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/3915/Question5.rb

def checkforcube(rem)
  if (rem<0)
    return 0
  end
  for i in 1..rem
    if (rem==(i**3))
      return 1 
    end
  end
  puts "shouldn't get here"
end

#rest of the program as normal

output:

shouldn't get here
/tmp/v84078/ruby1.rb:20:in `+': nil can't be coerced into Fixnum (TypeError)
        from /tmp/v84078/ruby1.rb:20
        from /tmp/v84078/ruby1.rb:17:in `each'
        from /tmp/v84078/ruby1.rb:17
        from /tmp/v84078/ruby1.rb:15:in `loop'
        from /tmp/v84078/ruby1.rb:15


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Department of Computer Science. Illinois Institute of Technology.
http://www.iit.edu/~kbloom1/