From: Chris Bailey <christopher.sean.bailey@...>
Date: 2008-08-29T05:02:34+09:00
Subject: Use a string as a method call

 I'm trying to come up with an efficient way of using user input as a
way of calling methods. I'm unhappy with the way that I am doing it
because it isn't very flexible. This is what I'm doing now.

input = gets.downcase.chomp

if input == foo
    do_foo()
elsif input == bar
    do_bar()
else
    puts "That isn't a command!"
end

What I would like to do is more like so.

commands = {
            'foo'   =>      do_foo(),
            'bar'   =>      do_bar()
           }

I then would like to search the commands hash for a key that matches the
player input and execute the method associated with that key. What I've
noticed is that upon initialization of the hash the value becomes equal
to the result of the method but that is not what I want. If I store the
value as a string ie "do_foo()" would I be able to parse that string and
execute it as a method? And if so, how would that be done?
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