From: Daniel Bretoi <lists@...>
Date: 2003-02-13T09:11:34+09:00
Subject: Re: how to call a functino through a variable name

String.send

got it :) 
nm
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 09:04:54AM +0900, Daniel Bretoi wrote:
> How would I do something like this:
> 
> def blah
> puts "string"
> end
> 
> a = "blah"
> 
> run function defined by a.
> 
> 
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-- 
Feb 12 	Abraham Lincoln born, 1809
Feb 12 	Charles Darwin born in Shrewsbury, England, 1809
Feb 12 	Lincoln's real birthday
Feb 12 	Santa Barbara oil leak, 1969
Feb 12 	Pyidaungsa Day in Burma
Feb 12 	The Beatles play Carnegie Hall in New York City, 1964
Feb 12*	Rosh Chodesh Adar (Beginning of the month of Adar)