From: "Darryl L. Pierce" <mcpierce@...>
Date: 2012-02-21T05:35:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Accessing a local variable through a symbol

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@dos32.com> wrote:
> Let's say I have
>
>   def y
>     a=42
>     x = some_kernel_function(:a)  # I'd like x to be 42
>   end
>
> Is there a way to get x to be 42?

What, exactly, is it you're trying to do? What is "some_kernel_function"?

Since a in the above is a local variable, why can't you just assign it directly?

x = a

Or are you trying to do something like access the most recent value
processed or something like that?

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