in reply to Re^3: Use of uninitialized value $cui1 in print
in thread Use of uninitialized value $cui1 in print
I have never used nor even seen the UMLS::Similarity::lch module before and, after a brief perusal, have only the vaguest idea of what it is supposed to do. However, total ignorance should never prevent a righteous monk from offering an opinion! So...
my $cu1 = $umls->getConceptList($t1); #calling function from umls::sim +ilarity #ERRRO 1 as mentioned my $cui1 =pop @{$cu1}; my $cu2 = $umls->getConceptList($t2);***error my $cui2 = pop @{$cu2}; print $cui1; # ****ERROR2 unintialized $cui1 my $lvalue = $lch->getRelatedness($cui1, $cui2);
If the value (which should be an array reference) returned to $cu1 by the call to the getConceptList() method in the
my $cu1 = $umls->getConceptList($t1); #calling function from umls::similarity #ERRRO 1 as mentioned
statement is undefined or is a reference to an empty array, the value assigned to $cui1 by the pop in
my $cui1 =pop @{$cu1};
will be undefined, as your comment to the
print $cui1; # ****ERROR2 unintialized $cui1
statement suggests.
Because an undefined $cui1 will become an undefined $concept1 within the call to the getRelatedness() method, you will get a warning like "Use of uninitialized value $concept1 in string eq at UMLS/Similarity/lch.pm ... at the line number associated with the
if($concept1 eq $concept2) { $length = 1; }
statement in getRelatedness().
So your first step is to determine whether $cu1 is undefined or a reference to an empty array. I would do this with a Data::Dumper print debugging statement after the method call:
my $cu1 = $umls->getConceptList($t1);
print Dumper $cu1;
Once you know the value of $cu1, you can figure out from the documentation (or the source) of getConceptList() why it has this value given that you know the value $t1.
I hope this helps. It seems you've already gone quite a way through the steps I've outlined, but maybe this will help clarify things a bit.
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