From: Marc Rene Arns <linux@...>
Date: 2002-05-31T07:45:20+09:00
Subject: Re: object-name = content of a variable (migration from perl)

Thanks for your effort.

Indead I didn't know the method eval() (neither in perl nor in ruby) and 
its exactly what I need.
Now my solution is very simple:
	while (i < 10)
		p = i.to_s
		o_name = 'name' + p
		eval("#{o_name} = CLass.new(#{i},'something')")
		i += 1
	end

rene

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urspr�ngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Am 29.05.02, 21:57:32, schrieb Michael Campbell 
<michael_s_campbell@yahoo.com> zum Thema Re: object-name = content of a 
variable (migration from perl):


> --- Marc Rene Arns <linux@marcrenearns.de> wrote:
> > I'm not sure if you got me right. The dynamically changing
> > array-names was in respect to the abilities of PERL.

> One poster used "eval" to do this, which is certainly possible.

> I have to ask though... why?  Just to see how ruby mimics a perl
> language feature?

> If I recall correctly, perl's soft references are little more than
> syntactic sugar for a specific form of "eval" anyway.

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