# Value as variable

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/value-as-variable/134924>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 16, 2008, 7:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/value-as-variable/134924 "2008-04-16T07:23:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rushnosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@rushnosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rushnosh)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 7:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/value-as-variable/134924/1 "2008-04-16T07:23:23Z")

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a = “first”

b = “last”

i want to do

my\_array.a  
or  
my\_array.b

how would i do this?

instead of doing but to get the same result

my\_array.frist  
my\_array.last

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**Author:** ![rushnosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@rushnosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rushnosh)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 7:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/value-as-variable/134924/2 "2008-04-16T07:28:04Z")

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my\_array.send(a)  
or  
my\_array.send(b)

Julian.

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