From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-07-29T18:56:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Automatically setting attributes


"Laughlin, Joseph V" <Joseph.V.Laughlin@boeing.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:67B3A7DA6591BE439001F27362333512030B09CA@xch-nw-28.nw.nos.boeing.com...
> How can I do something like the following:
>
> class Foo
>
>     attr_accessor :goo, :moo
>
>     def initalize
>         @attr.each { | attrib| attrib = 0 }
>     end
> end
>
> In case it's not clear, I want to set all attributes of the Foo object
> to zero.  But I can't seem to get the syntax for it correct.

How about:

class Foo
    attr_accessor :goo, :moo

    def initialize(h={})
        h.each {|k,v| send("#{k}=", v)}
    end
end

foo = Foo.new(:goo => 10, :moo => 20)

Regards

    robert