From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-04-19T01:51:33+09:00
Subject: Re: object.["somepropertyOrmethod"] == object.somepropertyOrmethod ?

falcon wrote:
> Does Ruby allow javascript like invocation of methods (or access to
> properties) like this:
> someProperty = "nameOfStudent"
> Object[someProperty]
> 
> rather than just Object.nameOfStudent?

module ECMAtronic
   def []( m_name )
     send( m_name )
   end

   def []=( m_name , val)
     send( m_name + "=", val )
   end
end

class Foo
   include  ECMAtronic
   attr_accessor :foo, :bar

   def initialize( foo = nil, bar = nil  )
      @foo = foo
      @bar = bar
   end

   def some_method
     "You have foo = '#@foo' and bar = '#@bar'"
   end

end


f = Foo.new( "foo", "bar")

f[ "foo" ] =  "This is foo"
puts f[ "foo" ]
puts f[ "some_method" ]



James