From: Scott <bauer.mail@...>
Date: 2006-02-05T03:38:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Extract hash into local variables?

This is a weak solution, but:

args.each_pair { |k, v| instance_variable_set("@#{k}", v) }

will create instance variables for each key in the hash and set them to
the associated value.  There may be a way to extend Hash with an
extract method, but I'm not thinking right now so :)  Calling
instance_variable_set will create the variable within the scope of the
Hash, so it wont be usable where you actually want it.

Another solution could be to use OpenStruct:

def foo(args={:a=>1, :b=>2, :c=>3})
  args = OpenStruct.new(args)

  puts args.a
  puts args.b
  puts args.c
end

Hope that helps a little,
Scott