From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2008-01-30T07:23:18+09:00
Subject: Re: applying a random method to an object

Boris Schmid wrote:
> A weblog showed that .methods could be sorted and behaved like an array
> (which I had not noticed before).
> 
> Now I'm trying (somewhat unsuccesfully) to find a way (including google
> and the ruby doc) to apply for example a randomly selected method to an
> object.
> 
> example:
> array = [:to_s,:next,:to_f]
> 15.array.shuffle.first

Use the #send method:

15.send(array.shuffle.first)


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