From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-08-14T04:03:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Search objects

On Aug 13, 2006, at 12:54 PM, Dark Ambient wrote:

> I can use some help here:
>
> I've set up this class and objects and would like to "search" it
> similar to the way I would search a database.  At this point I'm not
> concerned with adding regex for more liberal searches.
> Any suggestions ?
>
>
>
> class Composer
>    def initialize( lname, country )
>        @lname    = lname
>        @country  = country
>    end
>        attr_accessor(:lname, :country)
> end
>
> comp1 = Composer.new("Beethoven", "Germany")
> comp2 = Composer.new("DeFalla", "Spain")
> comp3 = Composer.new("Debussy", "France")

Well, if we had those composers in an Array, we could use normal  
iterators like:

   composers.find { |c| c.country == "Germany" }

and:

   composers.select { |c| c.lname =~ /^De/ }

Hope that gives you some fresh ideas.

James Edward Gray II