From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-12-15T20:03:26+09:00
Subject: Re: treating 'string'+var as method

bmgz wrote:
> I am a new Ruby recruit (thanks to *ahem*, Rails)..
> What is the best way to do this:
>
> * obj.'string'+var as a method?
>
> I am currently using:
>
> * obj.send('string'+var)
>
> ..which works fine, but is this correct or bad practice?

That's ok.  As Ross pointed out you can also use obj.send("string#{var}").
But I would not use eval - there's just too much that can go wrong
security wise.

Kind regards

    robert