From: Lyle Johnson <lyle@...>
Date: 2002-11-20T05:30:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Symbol usage help

ahoward wrote:

> 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...

What about this?

     a = 42
     b = 'forty-two'

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

Lyle