From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2009-04-22T07:37:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Spreadsheet development

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:00 AM, Ahmed Abdelsalam <ahmed@amanzitel.com> wrote:
> Hi,...
>
> I'd like to create a Spreadsheet model, where I can access cells like
> the following:
>
> sheet = Spreadsheet.new
> sheet.cells.a1 = 'Hello'
> sheet.cells.b3 = 'World'
>
> The problem is in how to define cell names to be accessed in the above
> manner?
>
> Any help?

method_missing should do it

irb(main):001:0> class Cells
irb(main):002:1>   def method_missing(meth, *args)
irb(main):003:2>     print "you tried to access cell #{meth}"
irb(main):004:2>   end
irb(main):005:1> end
irb(main):006:0> cells = Cells.new
irb(main):007:0> cells.a1
you tried to access cell a1

martin