From: Daniel Finnie <danfinnie@...>
Date: 2008-01-08T09:25:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Using string variable to call a method

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In general, the send method is preferred over evalling a string when
possible.

In addition to send "say_#{str}", you can do method("say_#{str}".to_sym)
.call.

Dan


On 1/7/08, Thomas Wieczorek <wieczo.yo@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> You can use: eval, instance_eval, class_eval, module_eval oder send
> The different evals are described here:
> http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/192513
> (click on the "N" to read the next message in the thread)
> send is as far as I understand it, used to send messages to objects.
> Keep in mind that method calls are messages send to objects.
>
>

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