Method: Object#send

Defined in:
vm_eval.c

#send(symbol[, args...]) ⇒ Object #__send__(symbol[, args...]) ⇒ Object #send(string[, args...]) ⇒ Object #__send__(string[, args...]) ⇒ Object

Invokes the method identified by symbol, passing it any

arguments specified.
When the method is identified by a string, the string is converted
to a symbol.

BasicObject implements +__send__+, Kernel implements +send+.
<code>__send__</code> is safer than +send+
when _obj_ has the same method name like <code>Socket</code>.
See also <code>public_send</code>.

   class Klass
     def hello(*args)
       "Hello " + args.join(' ')
     end
   end
   k = Klass.new
   k.send :hello, "gentle", "readers"   #=> "Hello gentle readers"

Overloads:

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# File 'vm_eval.c', line 1307

VALUE
rb_f_send(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE recv)
{
    return send_internal_kw(argc, argv, recv, CALL_FCALL);
}