From: tonys@... (tony summerfelt)
Date: 2000-12-23T12:40:12+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7987] Re: Hash access method

On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 03:24:26 +0900, Dave Thomas wrote:
 
> > I wonder if the ruby 1.8 could allow "." access
> > to Hash object. such as
 
> However, ignoring this small issue, you can implement something
> similar for yourself:
 
> I love this language!

the more i read 'programming ruby' the more i like the language. i'm not
quite finished yet, but i do have a quick 'is this possible' question:


i'm porting my palm pilot game to both python and ruby.

i need to define 26 objects (coincidentally named a to z :)

in python i can do this:


#!/usr/bin/python

import string, gebplanet 

for letter in string.lowercase:
    exec '%s=gebplanet.planet()' % letter
    exec '%s.name(letter)' % letter


the for loop cycles through the letters.

the '%s=' line gets the current letter and initializes an object instance.

the '%s.name' line is a work around for the object to know the 'name' it
was initialized under.

is there anyway to do this in ruby? i'd rather not write 26*2 lines to
initialize the objects i need...