From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-02-03T22:12:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Calling a method whose name I only know at run-time

Hi --

On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Jan Svitok wrote:

> On 2/3/07, Chad Thatcher <chad@zulu.net> wrote:
>> Oops, solved it.  Sorry, I missed Object#method the first time around.
>> 8)
>
> And there is the Object#send that will do what you want, i.e.
> any_object.send("method1", arg1, arg2)
>
> or
>
> any_object.send("method1", *args)
>
> (if send insists on symbols for method names, use String#to_sym)

It doesn't; you can use either.


David

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