From: Torrey Slattery <disaffected@...>
Date: 2007-06-27T08:14:31+09:00
Subject: Arguments into method calls?

I'm working on a program that takes user input via command line, then
calls whatever method is related to that input text.

For instance, if they type /help it calls the method help, if they type
/quit it calls the method quit, /time calls time, etc.

Essentially, if they type in something with a slash, I want the program
to interpret it as a special command, strip off the / and calls a method
with the leftover text.

I can think of a clunky way to do this using a ton of if/elsif clauses
and matching regular expressions, but as I eventually plan to have over
a hundred commands, that doesn't seem pleasant to write at all.

Is there a cleaner way to do this?

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