From: John Platte <john.platte@...>
Date: 2003-07-15T04:47:55+09:00
Subject: Re: help - calling methods in a hash with parameters

eval myhash["bar"] + '("Thing to say")'

On Monday, Jul 14, 2003, at 14:31 America/Chicago, Tuan Bui wrote:

> irb(main):001:0> def methodone
> irb(main):002:1> puts "hi, i am method one"
> irb(main):003:1> end
> => nil
> irb(main):004:0> def methodtwo(input)
> irb(main):005:1> puts input
> irb(main):006:1> end
> => nil
> irb(main):007:0> myhash = { 'foo' => 'methodone', 'bar' => 'methodtwo' 
> }
> => {"foo"=>"methodone", "bar"=>"methodtwo"}
> irb(main):008:0> eval myhash["foo"]
> hi, i am method one
> => nil
> irb(main):009:0> eval myhash["bar"] "hi, i am method two"
> SyntaxError: compile error
> (irb):9: parse error
> 	from (irb):9
> irb(main):010:0>
>
>
> In other words, how do I pass a parameter to method two?

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John Platte
Principal Consultant, NIKA Consulting
http://nikaconsulting.com/