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Ruby on Rails example from a Well House Consultants training course
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This example is described in the following article(s):
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   • Scope of variables - important to Ruby on Rails - [link]

Source code: controller_floor_controller.rb Module: R202
class FloorController < ApplicationController
  def internal
        # A method that does things that all views need
        @departments = Aisle.all
        @flogit = Product.all.sort_by(&:unitprice).reverse
  end

  def index
        # Bring in the common stuff
        internal
        # which is all this example needs on its basic stuff!
  end

  def stock
        # Bring in the common stuff
        internal

        # Because we are within a class / on an object, we
        # can just refer to @based (object) variables from our
        # internal method as they are quasi-global
        @flogit = @flogit.reverse

        # Code up stuff for the stock table display
        # Leave a "protected" [wrong word!] copy of base data
        # Note - don't really need clone - we could let sort
        # produce the cloned copy because we happen to be sorting
        @catalog = @flogit.clone

        @catalog = @catalog.sort_by(&:aisle_id)
        # In this example, show is just an array of strings
        # in a more complex example, it would be an array of
        # objects of potenially different types which the viewer
        # would format as appropriate using the polymorphic
        # capabilities of each of those types
        @show = []
        old_aisle = -1
        counter = 0

        @catalog.each do |thing|
                if old_aisle != thing.aisle_id
                        if counter > 0
                                @show.push("Total of #{counter}\n")
                                end
                        @show.push("Into a new aisle #{thing.aisle.aname}")
                        old_aisle = thing.aisle_id
                        counter = 0
                end
                counter += 1
                @show.push("... #{counter} - selling #{thing.pname}")
        end
        # Duplicate summary line / should be a function/method call
        # if it's any more complex, as it is duplicating
        @show.push("Total of #{counter}\n")
  end

  def addaisle
        # Put up the form to add in a new aisle
        internal
        @newrange = Aisle.new
        end

  def addproduct
        # Put up the form to add in a new product
        internal
        @newprod = Product.new
        internal_aisles
        end

  def internal_aisles
        @avail_aisles = []
        @departments.each do |store_area|
                if store_area.id == params[:id].to_i
@avail_aisles.unshift(["#{store_area.aname} [def]", store_area.id])
                else
@avail_aisles.push([store_area.aname, store_area.id])
                end
        end

        end

  def saveproduct
        # Pick up the values for a new product
        @newprod = Product.new(params[:product])
        # Does the aisle it will be on exist?
        matches = Aisle.exists?(@newprod.aisle_id)

        # Create a new product record if on an aisle
        # Note - making use of lazy "and" operator
        if matches and @newprod.save

        # If it worked
        # send them back to the basic display
        # NOT USING EXISTING OBJECT VARS
        redirect_to :action => "index"

        else

        # If it failed
        # reshow this display WITH EXISTING OBJECT VARS
        internal
        internal_aisles
        render :action => "addproduct"

        end

        end

  def saveaisle

        # Pick up the values for a new aisle
        @newrange = Aisle.new(params[:aisle])

        # Create a new aisle record
        if @newrange.save

        # And send them back to the basic display
        redirect_to :action => "index"

        else
        internal
        render :action => "addaisle"
        end
        end
end
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