From: Jeremy Bopp <jeremy@...>
Date: 2010-10-06T07:22:04+09:00
Subject: Re: How to call a method within another method

On 10/5/2010 5:00 PM, Paul Roche wrote:
> Hi, I have a method...
> 
> def  make_pay_loan
> 
> end
> 
> I want this method to 'activate' (for want of a better word) another
> method called pay_loan.
> 
> 
> Any tips on how this could be done are welcome, thanks

I think you want to dynamically define one method from within another.
Try this:

def make_pay_loan
  def pay_loan
    puts 'paid'
  end
end

# Calling pay_loan here will cause an error since the method is
# not yet defined.
#pay_loan

# This will define the pay_loan method.
make_pay_loan

# This outputs "paid". :-)
pay_loan


-Jeremy