From: Joshua Ballanco <jballanc@...>
Date: 2008-03-04T09:43:26+09:00
Subject: Re: String to Object name?

Mariko C. wrote:
> I'd like to change a string, for example, "something" and turn it into
> an object reference. For example:
> 
> I have string "something," now I'd like to take that and turn it into
> 
> something = "some other string"
> 
> Is this possible? Thanks in advance for any help.

Meta-programming to the rescue!

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

a = "aString"

eval(a + " = 5")

puts aString
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