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2006 Mar 16
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Passing function names from string variables
This may be a more generic Ruby question, so I''m going to ask on the Ruby
forum, but I''m trying to figure out if there is a way to pass in the string
value of a variable as the name of a method.
For example, I would like to do something like:
def sort_obj_by_uid(objects,@attr)
@tmparray = Array.new
@tmphash = Hash.new
for object in @objects
if ! @tmphash.has_key?(object.@attr.to_s)
@tmphash[object.@attr.to_s] = Array.new
end
@tmphash[object.@attr.to_s].push(object)
end
end
Where the method name is the @attr valu...