From: "Jesús Gabriel y Galán" <jgabrielygalan@...>
Date: 2011-09-08T22:41:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Executing the output of a look

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:35 PM, dwight schrute <spambocks@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have this simple loop:
>
> (1..12).each do |i|
>  puts "t#{i}.showURL"
> end
>
> Which produces the following output:
>
> t1.showURL
> t2.showURL
> t3.showURL
> t4.showURL
> t5.showURL
> t6.showURL
> t7.showURL
> t8.showURL
> t9.showURL
> t10.showURL
> t11.showURL
> t12.showURL
>
>
>
> My question is this: How can I actually execute the output of the
> script? (I want to execute the output, not just have it printed to the
> screen)
>
> In bash, I would use backticks `` or dollar-bracket $()

backticks also work in Ruby. Also system or %x{}:

(1..12).each do |i|
 `t#{i}.showURL`
end

(1..12).each do |i|
 sytem("t#{i}.showURL")
end

(1..12).each do |i|
 %x{t#{i}.showURL}
end

Jesus.