I think ( i didnt look too hard ) that it will only see if the key is there,
this might be what you want

contact_controls.each do |k,v|
   if k.exists?
      puts "its there"
   else
     puts "oh no"
   end
end

Pau

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:58 PM, George <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Thanks, Paul!
>
> For those who are interested, this part of the code worked for me:
>
> contact_controls.each do |key, value|
>     if contact_controls.has_key?(key)
>       puts "PASS: Control #{value} exists."
>      else
>        puts "FAIL: Unable to locate control #{value}"
>      end
>    end
>
> I thought I should ask, just to make certain: With the code I'm
> presenting above, does this actually check the existence of the form
> control, or is it merely checking that a value exists in the hash?
>
>
> On Apr 2, 2:40 pm, Paul Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:
> > hash has a has_key? method
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:30 PM, George <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello everyone,
> >
> > > I'm hoping this is the right forum for this question.  I'm trying to
> > > iterate through a hash and check certain text fields on a webpage:
> >
> > > Here is where I'm storing my controls:
> >
> > > controls.rb # stores the form control variables
> > > ===========================
> > > def tf_company_name
> > >  $tf_company_name = $ie.text_field(:id, "CompanyName")
> > > end
> >
> > > def tf_address
> > >  $tf_address = $ie.text_field(:id, "StreetAddress")
> > > end
> >
> > > def tf_city
> > >  $tf_city = $ie.text_field(:id, "City")
> > > end
> >
> > > Here is where I'm defining the iteration:
> >
> > > form_checks.rb # Check form controls
> > > ===========================
> > > def check_contact_form_controls
> > >  contact_controls = [tf_company_name => "Company Name",
> > >                              tf_address => "Address",
> > >                              tf_city => "City"]
> > >  contact_controls.each do |key, value|
> > >    if key.exists?
> > >      puts "PASS: Control #{value} exists."
> > >      else
> > >        puts "FAIL: Unable to locate control #{value}"
> > >      end
> > >  end
> > > end
> >
> > > Since hashes does not have an exists? method, I get an error.  Is
> > > there a better way to do this?
> >
> > > Thanks,
> >
> > > George
> >
>

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