Re: Problems with Maps

An easy fix to this problem is to force expansion of the GString to a 
String.

map.put("${foo}".toString(), value)

map.get("2")

as right now a GString is a different object instance to its static, 
constant, immutable String instance.

On 31 Aug 2004, at 17:24, John Wilson wrote:

>
> On 31 Aug 2004, at 17:03, NetBean wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi, I have the following a snippet of
>> a program I am using to store and then
>> postprocess a Map of values...  but
>> the behaviour is not as expected
>> when I am retrieving the values using
>> the key.
>>
>>
>> ============= snippet ==============
>>
>> jlick = [:]     # init empty map
>> for ( i in 1..5) {
>>   k = "val is :${i}";
>>   jlick.put("${i}",k);
>> }
>> m = 2;
>>
>> ## I tried to use one of the following
>> ##   ways to get the value back using
>> ##   a key.
>>
>> #num = jlick.get("${m}");
>> #num = jlick.get("2");
>> #num = jlick.get(2);
>> #num = jlick.2;
>>
>> println("it is >${num}<");
>>
>> ============= snippet ==============
>>
>> Here's my results...
>>
>> # returns correct value
>> m = 2;
>> num = jlick.get("${m}");
>>
>> # returns null for num
>> #num = jlick.get("2");
>>
>
>
> this is a bug.
>
> println "${2}".hashCode() == "2".hashCode()
>
> prints
>
> false
>
> println "${2}" == "2"
>
> prints true
>
> The hashCodes should be identical.
>
> I'll raise an issue and fix it for you.
>
>
>
> John Wilson
> The Wilson Partnership
> http://www.wilson.co.uk
>
>

James
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