From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2011-08-19T16:20:55+09:00
Subject: Re: switch string to object

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On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:03 AM, zuerrong <zuerrong@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2011/8/19 Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@gmail.com>:
>
> >
> > hello, in this case, is a variable. Notice that you cannot assign
> `hello`,
> > *itself* to a variable. Only the object that `hello` is pointing to (the
> > string `"world"`)
> >
> > Anywhere you use hello, it will be implicitly dereferenced. It is the
> same
> > as using the object that it is pointing to. So that means you simply need
> to
> > do `puts hello` and it will print "world"
> >
>
>
> So, no way to translate a string to a variable name? Thanks.
>
>
If you need this feature, there is probably a better way to do whatever it
is you're trying to do.

And just thinking about what you might be trying to do that could require
such a feature implies that the better way is probably to use a hash table.
If you aren't familiar with hashes, RKS has an introduction in session 3 (
http://ruby-kickstart.com/#session3)

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