Ruby: Get/set an object's property using a string/symbol

Question

In Ruby, how can I get and set a property of an object using a string/symbol?

For example, if I have an object car with properties car.color and car.name.

I know you can do car.send(:color) to get its property, but how can I set it?

Answer 1

car.send("name=", value) 

Or

car.send("color=", value)