From: Han Holl <han@...>
Date: 2002-06-06T06:08:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Dynamic local variables ?

Park Heesob wrote:

>"Han Holl" <han@pobox.com> wrote in message
>news:3CFD3100.3010404@pobox.com...
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>>Is it possible at all to generate local variables dynamically ?
>>What I need is  roughly this:
>>I read in a file with one or more multidimensional hashes:
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>>  table = Tabel.new("/tmp/rubdefs.text")
>>  puts table["rub"]["T"]["datumontvangst"]
>>
>>I want to access this as:
>>  rub["T"]["datumontvangst"]
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>>    
>>
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>Hi,
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>I think PHP's extract and compact function is useful.
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>extract --  Import variables into the current symbol table from an array
>compact --  Create array containing variables and their values
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>I implemented with ruby using global variable.
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Yes, my problem was with _local_ variables.
But thanks to Guy Decoux's excellent explanation (in the related thread you
started), I've found a solution involving method_missing.

Thanks for your reaction,

Han Holl