From: Fredrik <fredjoha@...>
Date: 2008-09-13T19:08:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Is my method defined?

On Sep 13, 6:24 pm, Sebastian Hungerecker <sep...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Fredrik wrote:
> > I have a method by the name methodA. I want to access this method like
> > this
>
> > a = 'methodA'
> > eval(a)
>
> You should use send if a only contains a methodname.
>
> > But how do I know if the variable a actually holds the name of a
> > defined method?
>
> respond_to? method_name
>
> HTH,
> Sebastian
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I got it! respond_to? is what I was looking for. Thanks!
I will open my Ruby book and look into that send thing...

/Fredrik