From: ahoward <ahoward@...>
Date: 2002-11-20T04:30:05+09:00
Subject: Symbol usage help



rubyists-

given

  a = 42
  b = 'forty-two'

is it possible to do something like :

  %w( a b ).each do |s|
    puts "#{s} = #{s.intern.value}"
  end

to output

  a = 42
  b = forty-two

obviously, the Symbol#value method does not exist, but this should be clear
enough...

thanks.

-a

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