From: Dan Zwell <dzwell@...>
Date: 2007-09-15T21:43:01+09:00
Subject: Re: one line to print the statement AS WELL AS the evaluated value like in C

Morton Goldberg wrote:
> On Sep 15, 2007, at 7:11 AM, Dan Zwell wrote:
> 
>> Here you go:
>> def print_val(str)
>>   puts "#{str}  is  #{eval(str)}"
>> end
> 
> That didn't work for me. I had modify it like so:
> 
> foo = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
> def print_val(str)
>   puts "#{str} is  #{eval(str, TOPLEVEL_BINDING)}"
> end
> print_val("foo[3] + 1")
> 
> Regards, Morton
> 
> 

You're right, thanks. When I tested this, I used the first poster's 
variable name, "Array". So it worked for me, but only because I happened 
to use a name with global slope.

Dan