Ruby equivalent of hash.key access like in Javascript?

Question

In Javascript properties can be accessed directly with barewords:

var evil = {"knievel":"evel","daredevil":"fearless"}
evil["knievel"] // "evel"
evil.knievel    // "evel"

Is there anything similar in Ruby without having to do evil["knievel"]?

Really, why does this have a -1? (I'm out of votes or I'd fix the situation.) — user166390
– user166390, Commented Sep 9, 2011 at 22:47
Ruby does all sorts of wonderful things may be there was a short cut of some sort where keys could be accessed as methods and return values. — pankajdoharey
– pankajdoharey, Commented Sep 9, 2011 at 23:54

Geo · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-09 22:31:09Z

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require "ostruct"

evil = OpenStruct.new(:knievel => "evel",:daredevil => "fearless")
puts evil.knievel

answered Sep 9, 2011 at 22:31

Geo

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