From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@...>
Date: 2007-05-26T14:57:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie question: variable method call


On May 25, 2007, at 10:50 PM, Kal Starkis wrote:

> Is there a way to use the value of a variable to call a method of that
> name?
>
> For example, rather than use the following code to determine which
> method of the 'pet' object to call:
>
> if action == "feed"
>      pet.feed
> elsif action == "walk"
>      pet.walk
> elsif action == "pat"
>     pet.pat
> #etc...
> end
>
>
> I'd rather just do something like this:
>
> pet.action

pet.send action

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