The error is you contact string method. That method is supposed to return
a string value for the object, not say the value. Since your return
statement did not return a value, it fell back to the default behavior of
returning "a CONTACT" which is the value getting displayed in the loop.
Here is the corrected method:
::method string public -- convert the attributes to a string.
expose name fullName phoneNumber
trace normal
return name ~ left(12) fullName ~ left(25) phoneNumber ~ right(12)
-- minor change
Rick
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, J. Leslie Turriff <jlturr...@centurylink.net
> wrote:
> On Sunday 01 June 2014 14:58:09 you wrote:
> > You didn't include any test data, so I wrote a little program that
> created
> > a phone book and stored it and then a second that unloaded it. Your
> > load/unload methods had a number of errors in them that I've corrected so
> > this is a working version.
> >
> > I did not tackle the unknown method issues because I really don't
> > understand what you are trying to accomplish. I suggest forgetting
> > whatever you've done with that and first define how you really want this
> to
> > behave and I'll help you to an implementation. What you are doing now is
> > not on the right path.
> Yes, that works okay. (email mangled your example a bit and I had
> to rebuild
> it, but I finally got it straightened out.) :-) I also wrote a test
> program
> that incorporates the logic of your load and unload methods.
> So then I added a report method to .PhoneBook to say all of the
> contacts
> (with a minor change to .contact:string), but it writes "a CONTACT" after
> every line. It appears to be coming from .contact:string; how do I get rid
> of it?
>
> Leslie
>
> Output:
> $PhoneBook5
> Name Full Name Phone Number
> ------------ ------------------------- ------------
> MIKE Mike H. 555-6123
> a CONTACT
> ann Little Anne 555-1234
> a CONTACT
> MOLLY Molly M. 555-3948
> a CONTACT
> ANN Ann B. 555-6220
> a CONTACT
> JEFF Jeff G. 555-5115
> a CONTACT
> MARK Mark C. 555-5017
> a CONTACT
> Rick Rick M. 555-5110
> a CONTACT
> Jenny Jenny Jenny 555-5309
> a CONTACT
>
> Exact match:
> Jenny Jenny Jenny 555-5309
> a CONTACT
>
> --
> "Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be
> slaves." --Henry David Thoreau
>
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