That is exactly what I was look for! Thank you very much. On Jun 26, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Joel VanderWerf wrote: > Martin Hess wrote: >> How do you pass a method reference and call it on a particular >> object? I know I can pass it as a string and call eval, but I'm >> trying to avoid that performance hit. > > obj = "something" > method = :reverse > obj.send method # faster than eval > > -- > vjoel : Joel VanderWerf : path berkeley edu : 510 665 3407 >