Question

In my .erb file, I have the following jQuery call:

$.get(url, { point: pointValue, chore: investigate });

Both point and chore are integers.

In my .rb file, I have the following statement:

get '/estimate/:id' do

  print params[:chore]  # for debugging

  if params[:chore] == 1
    print "true!"
  end

end

When I print params[:chore], the correct value is printed out in my console, either 0 or 1.

However, even in the cases when it is 1, the if block does not execute, i.e. "true!" is not printed to the console.

I am completely stumped and confused! Any ideas?

Answer 1

the number 1 belongs to the Fixnum class. your chore value does probably not. convert it to an integer before comparing (if params[:chore].to_i == 1) or inspect the chore params key (puts params[:chore].class).