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instance method

Module#instance_method

mod.instance_method(symbol) → unbound_method

static VALUE
rb_mod_instance_method(VALUE mod, VALUE vid)
{
    ID id = rb_check_id(&vid);
    if (!id) {
        rb_method_name_error(mod, vid);
    }
    return mnew_unbound(mod, id, rb_cUnboundMethod, FALSE);
}

Returns an UnboundMethod representing the given instance method in mod.

Example

class Interpreter
  def do_a() print "there, "; end
  def do_d() print "Hello ";  end
  def do_e() print "!\n";     end
  def do_v() print "Dave";    end
  Dispatcher = {
    "a" => instance_method(:do_a),
    "d" => instance_method(:do_d),
    "e" => instance_method(:do_e),
    "v" => instance_method(:do_v)
  }
  def interpret(string)
    string.each_char {|b| Dispatcher[b].bind(self).call }
  end
end

interpreter = Interpreter.new
interpreter.interpret('dave')

produces:

Example

Hello there, Dave!

See also #inspect #instance_methods #included_modules #method_added also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0

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