From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2011-06-01T22:22:23+09:00
Subject: Re: CORE - Alternative Variable Substitution

2011/6/1 Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@lazaridis.com>:
> Can I have now an in-topic reply?
>
> "Is there any *existent* library (ruby 1.9) availbale, which enables
> an
> alternative variable substitution".

You don't need a library for that.  It can be as easy as

class String
  def replace(bind)
    gsub %r{(?<!\\)&(\w+)} do |m|
      eval($1, bind)
    end
  end
end

name = "foo"
puts "&name has 5 credits".replace binding

Other equally simple variants can be implemented.

Kind regards

robert

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