From: Dirk Einecke Date: 2004-06-14T05:43:38+09:00 Subject: Re: Use a string a object name Mark Sparshatt wrote: > puts eval "p.#{s}" Okay. That works. > Though depending on what you're doing a better way might be to use the > send method > > puts p.send(s) Why is this a better way? greetings Dirk Einecke