From: Jari Williamsson <jari.williamsson@...>
Date: 2008-02-28T08:06:50+09:00
Subject: Re: String interpolation method?

John Carter wrote:
> Ok, I'm being stupid probably...
> 
> But I can't spot a method to do string interpolation.
> 
> I have a string...
> 
> a = 'bra#{c}ket'
> 
> The variable c isn't available at the stage of setting that up. Hence
> the use of '' instead of "".
> 
> The variable will be available later....
> 
> At that stage I want to do something like...
> 
> c=' see '
> a.interpolate
> 
> The closest I can get is a bit fugly...
> 
> eval "\"#{a}\""
> => "bra see ket"
> 
> Any better way?

eval a


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson