foo = foos.select{|x|x.name == xval}.first.value
If there is no match for xval then it evaluates to a undefined method on nil:NilClass. How should I avoid this and return a nil object instead?
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Check return result of
firstmethod:ADDED: Or use
Enumerable#find: