From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-03-08T10:27:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Passing the same argument(s) to several methods at once

On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, [ISO-8859-1] Iv�n Vega Rivera wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm a Ruby beginner, but I remember I read somewhere something
> related... Only at the time I didn't realize it's usefulness until
> now.
>
> Maybe I'm mistaken, but is it possible to pass the same argument(s) to
> several functions at once?
>
> Like:
>
> function_a 'something'
> function_b 'something'
>
> Instead something like:
>
> 'something'.pass do |arg|
>  function_a arg
>  function_b arg
> end
>
> Does that make sense?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Ivan V.

the general case is:

   %w( function_a function_b ).each{|m| receiver.send(m, *args, &block)}

works for any number of args, any receiver, and any block or lack of.

hth.

-a

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