From: Matt Slay Date: 2010-12-07T23:15:39+09:00 Subject: Re: Better way to read property than using eval()? > The method you are mentioning must be part of some extension or other > version of Ruby (I used 1.9.1). If you use that anyway you can as well > use that method. If not, you need to decide if you want to add that > dependency to your code. > > Kind regards > > robert I think I know what it is: send() is a Ruby method, and the attributes[] must come from the Rails framework. Remember in my original post where I said "I create the @tolerance2 object by using a .find() in Rails". I know I posted this in a Ruby forum, and I asked for a "a better Ruby way to do this.", and you fave tme the Ruby way, and then later I discovered a Rails way. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.