From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-08-02T22:16:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Dynamic method call

Hi --

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Todd Burch wrote:

> This may be slightly different, but I am calling a method dynamically
> this way:
>
> case tool
> when "drill" then
>   @operation = self.method(:drill) ;
> when "cut"   then
>   @operation = self.method(:cut) ;
> when "bend"  then
>   @operation = self.method(:bend) ;
> end
>
> @operation.call ;   # call whatever method was set.

Unless I'm missing a subtlety, you could also do that as the somewhat
more concise:

   send(tool) if tool


David

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