http://lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/04/hungarian-notation-in-ruby.html <--haha... noted...
On Nov 30, 3:17 pm, Charley Baker <charley.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Symbols and strings aren't interchangeable, but you can convert. > > "name".to_sym > => :name > :name.to_s > => "name" > > The first part of the method argument takes a symbol, not a string: > sname = "name" > ff.link(sname.to_sym,skeyword).exists? > > Not tested, but should work. As an aside, hungarian notation in Ruby > looks weird and kind of makes no sense. :) > > Charley Baker > Lead Developer, Watir,http://watir.com > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 12:41 PM, dave <davidrey...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Currently, > > > ff.link(:name,/google/).exists? works and returns true. > > > However, if I variablize things > > > sname = ":name" > > skeyword = "/google." > > > ff.link(sname,skeyword).exists? returns false. > > > Is there any text that states how to go about this? > > > Thanks > > > -- > > Before posting, please readhttp://watir.com/support. In short: search > > before you ask, be nice. > > > watir-general@googlegroups.com > >http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > > watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
