class Fred def initialize(p1, p2) @a, @b = p1, p2 end end fred = Fred.new('cat', 99) fred.instance_variable_get(:@a) #=> "cat" fred.instance_variable_get("@b") #=> 99
class Fred def initialize(p1, p2) @a, @b = p1, p2 end end fred = Fred.new('cat', 99) fred.instance_variable_set(:@a, 'dog') #=> "dog" fred.instance_variable_set(:@c, 'cat') #=> "cat" fred.inspect #=> "#<Fred:0x401b3da8 @a=\"dog\", @b=99, @c=\"cat\">"
class Dummy attr_reader :var def initialize @var = 99 end def remove remove_instance_variable(:@var) end end d = Dummy.new d.var #=> 99 d.remove #=> 99 d.var #=> nil
class B def self.run(method) singleton_class = class << self; self; end singleton_class.send(:define_method, method) do puts "Method #{method}" end end end
[:failure, :error, :success].each do |method| define_method method do self.state = method end end
#Dynamically defining methods in a loop creates a more concise definition, but it's not a particularly readable one. To address this issue I define the def_each method. The motivation for defining a def_each method is that it is easy to notice and understand while scanning a source file.
class Class def def_each(*method_names, &block) method_names.each do |method_name| define_method method_name do instance_exec method_name, &block end end end end