Nov 12

Ruby 1.9 CSV undefined method map for String

Category: Development

I’m in the process of upgrading an app running Ruby EE 1.8.7 to Ruby 1.9.2. Since FasterCSV is no longer available, I had to convert the code to use the internal CSV lib.  In doing so, I ran into the above error.  Looking at the source for FasterCSV <<, there was a catchall else statement that would handle passing a string and convert it to an array to become a row.

    def <<(arg)
      if arg.is_a?(Array) and arg.size == 2  # appending a header and name
        @row << arg
      elsif arg.is_a?(Hash)                  # append header and name pairs
        arg.each { |pair| @row << pair }
      else                                   # append field value
        @row << [nil, arg]
      end
 
      self  # for chaining
    end

In Ruby 1.9 the CSV << method is expecting an Array or CSV::Row. Easiest fix for me as to just make my string an Array. Hope this helps!

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  1. Jeff February 3rd, 2012 5:40 pm

    Thank you! I’d been searching for the longest time and this solved my problem!

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