Re: Defining bunch of vars dynamically

From	sreservoir <sreservoir@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.ruby
Subject	Re: Defining bunch of vars dynamically
Date	2012-02-07 18:08 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<jgsato$9vh$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 02/07/2012 05:59 PM, Eilie wrote:
> Hello, everyone.
>
> Subj on 1.9.3.
> I tryed already:
>
> 5.times {|n| eval "house#{n} = Array.new(5)"}
>
> Thats works but only in block scope, how can i define 5 vars in global
> scope(with ability to access it out of block)?

you ... probably don't want to. having to dynamically generate your
variable names is generally a sign that either you're using foreign data
for them, or they're closely related. or both.

in the former case, doing that would be unsafe, and you should probably
use some sort of array (or a hash). the latter case ... you should also
probably do that.

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Defining bunch of vars dynamically Eilie <Eilie@what-are-you-looking.for> - 2012-02-07 22:59 +0000
  Re: Defining bunch of vars dynamically sreservoir <sreservoir@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 18:08 -0500
    Re: Defining bunch of vars dynamically Eilie <Eilie@what-are-you-looking.for> - 2012-02-08 02:41 +0000
      Re: Defining bunch of vars dynamically Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-02-08 06:44 -0800

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