From: dblack@...
Date: 2002-11-23T05:08:18+09:00
Subject: Re: find arguments... is this possible

Hi --

On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Michael Hale wrote:

> I want to get the names of the arguments that are passed into a method.
>
> Example:
>
>  def my_method(first, second, third)
>  	puts <insert call to get parameter names>
>  end
>
>  my_method 1, 2, 3
>
> Should output:
>  first
>  second
>  third
>
> Is there any way to do this?

  irb(main):021:0> def my_method(first,second,third)
  irb(main):022:1> puts local_variables
  irb(main):023:1> end
  nil
  irb(main):024:0> my_method(1,2,3)
  first
  second
  third

(give or take hidden pitfalls, and of course the question I dare not
ask, which is why one would want to do this :-)


David

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