From: Gary Thomas <gthomas@...>
Date: 2007-05-31T03:24:47+09:00
Subject: Re: using hash for method parameters

> -----Original Message-----
> From: aidy.lewis@googlemail.com [mailto:aidy.lewis@googlemail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 31 May 2007 5:35 a.m.
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: using hash for method parameters
> 
> 
> On 30 May, 18:17, Roseanne Zhang <rosea...@javaranch.com> wrote:
> 
> > Try the following:
> >
> > class Login
> >
> >   def with(username, password)
> >     @username = username
> >     @password = password
> >   end
> > end
> >
> >
> > login = Login.new
> > login.with("abc", "def")
> > p login
> >
> Thanks for the post, but I am trying to explicitly name the parameters
> in the call, by attempting to use symbols and a hash, to make things a
> little more readable.
> 
> So, I would like my call to contain something like this:
> 
> login = Login.new
> login.with(:username => 'aidy', :password => 'aidy1')
> 
> cheers
> 
> aidy
> 

You could use something like:

class Login
   def with(params)
     @username = params[:username]
     @password = params[:password]
   end
end

login = Login.new
login.with({:username => 'aidy', :password => 'aidy1'}) 

Haven't tested this but it gives the general idea.

Gary Thomas