Ruby convert string to method name

Question

I have two methods defined in my ruby file.

def is_mandatory(string)       puts xyz end def is_alphabets(string)       puts abc  end  

An array containing the names of the methods.

    methods = ["is_mandatory", "is_alphabets"] 

When I do the following

    methods.each do |method| puts method.concat("(\"abc\")") end  

It just displays, is_mandatory("abc") is_alphabets("abc") rather than actually calling the method.

How can i convert the string to method name? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers!!

Answer 1

Best way is probably:

methods.each { |methodName| send(methodName, 'abc') } 

See Object#send