From: Dave Castellano <lists@...>
Date: 2012-08-16T01:07:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Variable in string in array

Robert Klemme wrote in post #1072441:
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Dave Castellano <lists@ruby-forum.com>
> wrote:
>> Anybody know how to embed a #{} in a string and then place the string in
>> an array?
>>
>> eg.
>>
>> array =["An #{age} year old..."]
>>
>> returns
>>
> 
/Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Bundles/Ruby.tmbundle/Support/RubyMate/catch_exception.rb:15
>
> If the error originated in that line it can only be caused by invoking
> method "age".  Do you have a stack trace?
>
>> I tried adding single quotes
>>  array =[' "An #{age} year old..." ']   and this accepted the string but
>> the variable was also converted to a string, so lost as a variable.
>
> Do you want the #{...} to be literally present in the String or do you
> want to evaluate it when placing the String in the Array?
>
> Kind regards
>
> robert

I want to place it in the array as a string, evaluate it later...
eg:

age = "11"
puts array[0]

>  An 11 year old...

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