How can I check if a cell is empty using RubyXL?

[Monserrat Foster]

I'm trying to check if a cell is empty because when the parser reaches an empty cell it throws NoMethodError (undefined methodvalue' for nil:NilClass)`

This is what I was trying to do:

1.upto(inventory[0].sheet_data.size) do |line|
      @projectCode = inventory[0][line][1].value unless inventory[0][line][1].value.nil?
      @ProjectName = inventory[0][line][2].value unless inventory[0][line][2].value.nil?
end

also tried

1.upto(inventory[0].sheet_data.size) do |line|
      @projectCode = inventory[0][line][1].value unless inventory[0][line][1].value.empty?
      @ProjectName = inventory[0][line][2].value unless inventory[0][line][2].value.empty?

end

The cells with values have no issues, but when it reaches 2 empty rows below all data it throws this... Can anyone tell me how to do this?

[Colin Law]

On 17 October 2013 19:58, Monserrat Foster <monse...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to check if a cell is empty because when the parser reaches an
> empty cell it throws NoMethodError (undefined methodvalue' for
> nil:NilClass)`
>
> This is what I was trying to do:
>
> 1.upto(inventory[0].sheet_data.size) do |line|
> @projectCode = inventory[0][line][1].value unless
> inventory[0][line][1].value.nil?

Is it not fairly obvious? The error message says you are calling the
method value on something that is nil, so presumably
inventory[0][line][1] is nil. So just test that for nil. There are
nicer ways of coding this however, I might use
@projectCode = inventory[0][line][1].value if inventory[0][line][1]

However you seem to be in a loop that keeps overwriting @projectCode
but perhaps you have snipped out some of the code.

Colin

[Monserrat Foster]

tried 

@projectCode = inventory[0][line][1].value if inventory[0][line][1].nil? 

and even testing inventory[0][line].nil? and inventory[0].nil? and I keep getting the same error

undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass

I am overwriting @projectCode with each iteration because there's a comparison later. 

[Colin Law]

On 18 October 2013 17:38, Monserrat Foster <monse...@gmail.com> wrote:

Please don't top post, it makes it difficult to follow the thread.
Insert your replies inline at appropriate points in previous message.
Thanks.

> tried
> @projectCode = inventory[0][line][1].value if inventory[0][line][1].nil?
>
> and even testing inventory[0][line].nil? and inventory[0].nil? and I keep
> getting the same error
>
> undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass

if inventory[0] gives you that message then inventory must be nil.
Put some debug code in to check out what is happening. The simplest
way is to insert puts statements to show the values of variables. The
output will appear in the server terminal. For more sophisticated
debug techniques see the Rails Guide on Debugging.

Colin