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Accessing object members with a symbol/string
In php it is possible to access the members of an object through the use of a string.
ex:

PHP Code:
 $member = 'name'
$person = new Person( 'james' )
echo $person->$member 


Would print james, making all the usual assumptions about the person class.

Is there anything like this possible in ruby?
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object.send(name)

Works for functions and variables.
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