From: Justin Collins <collinsj@...>
Date: 2006-05-26T14:28:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Method '!='

Victor Shepelev wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I've tried something like this:
>
> 'a'.send('==', 'b') #it works, returns true
>
> But
>
> 'a'.send('!=', 'b') 
>
> said to me:
>
> tricks.rb:11:in `Kernel#send': undefined method `!=' for "a":String
> (NoMethodError)
>
> Where am I wrong?
>
> V.
>
>
>   

a != b gets turned into !(a == b) or something like that.

So != isn't really a method - it's just syntax.

-Justin