How do i run the function?

Ruby
1

If i want to run a function whose name is contained in a string, how do
I do that in Ruby? or is this not feasible?

For example

def a
puts “a”
end

def b
puts “b”
end

mymethod=“a”

In the above code snippet, i like to run the function a by using the
string mymethod. What trick if any can i use in ruby to make this
happen?

Thanks.

2

On 28 Dec 2010, at 23:37, Rick T. wrote:

puts “b”
end

mymethod=“a”

In the above code snippet, i like to run the function a by using the
string mymethod. What trick if any can i use in ruby to make this
happen?

Object#send. class Object - RDoc Documentation (It’ll
take a string as well as a symbol.)

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