Re^2: How to access an object method when method name is stored in scalar variable

You know, I didn't even try that. I had already decided it definitely wouldn't work. Thank you sir :)

So, how about the case where you have a partial method name in the scalar instead such as wanting to access $obj->set_foo but $method only has 'foo' in it? I'm guessing you're stuck with the eval method this time?

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Re^3: How to access an object method when method name is stored in scalar variable by Eliya (Vicar) on Mar 15, 2011 at 21:31 UTC
You can always create a new scalar that holds the full method name before making the call :) `my $method = "foo"; my $full_method = "set_$method"; my $return_value = $obj->$full_method;` [download] Or you could even do (though that's a bit ugly): `my $ret_value = $obj->${\"set_$method"};` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: How to access an object method when method name is stored in scalar variable by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Mar 16, 2011 at 01:02 UTC
And this approach is fully orthogonal for passing parameters: `>perl -wMstrict -le " { package Foo; sub new { return bless { foo => 'woo' } => shift; } sub hoo_foo { my $self = shift; print qq{hi from hoo_foo: $self->{$_[0]}}; } } ;; my $oo = Foo->new; my $poo = 'foo'; my $method = qq{hoo_$poo}; $oo->$method($poo); $oo->${ \qq{hoo_$poo} }($poo); " hi from hoo_foo: woo hi from hoo_foo: woo` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: How to access an object method when method name is stored in scalar variable by tj_thompson (Monk) on Mar 15, 2011 at 21:37 UTC
Haha so the straightforward obvious easy way to do it huh? sigh I hate missing those. Thank you once again :)	[reply]