I need some help with a calculation in a survey that I run. I have one table with words, characteristics, such as "careful, dominant, positive" etc.
People are then to select the words they think belong to a visual detail, such as a square, circle, symmetry, etc. They can select 1-3 words. These are then stored in one string field, as a string with space between each word, in the table used for answers. So each visual detail gets its own row with this "word field". What is the best way to count how many that have selected one of the words for a particular visual detail, e.g how many have selected "hard" for a square? I could collect the words in one find and then use count for each, but that will be many searches, so I figured I could do one search only in the answers table, and then loop through it and check how often the word is selected. But I'm not sure how to do that. I'm thinking of some functions in Array that I could use, or..? Hopefully you understand the setup and my need. Any ideas? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
