From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-10-24T00:20:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Setting attribute via send in Ruby 1.8.6

On 10/23/2009 05:10 PM, Charles Calvert wrote:
> Using Ruby 1.8.6.
> 
> I've run into an instance in which I'd like to set attributes of an
> instance using the send method.  I've looked around, but found
> nothing, most likely because I'm using the wrong search terms.
> 
> Example:
> 
> class A
> 	attr_reader :foo
> 	attr_writer :foo
> end
> 
> a = A.new
> a.send("foo", "newval")
> 
> 
> I get the following error: "wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)
> (ArgumentError)"
> 
> Am I correct in thinking that this is possible, and that I'm just
> going about it the wrong way?

Yes.

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:-)

You need to use the _setter_ method with #send - which happens to be 
called "foo=" in your case.

Kind regards

	robert

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