On Jul 18, 2011, at 9:59 PM, tgiaccone wrote:
> I've been playing with smalltalk casually now, for months and really like it.
> But I"m
> clearly still a newb.
>
> I've reached the point in a small project where I want to set the values on
> my object based on the values that are in a dictionary. The dictionary is
> filled
> with a set of keys that represent attributes on the object. �So for a simple
> example,
> imagine I have an object which has accessors for 'title' and 'title:'.
>
> I want to iterate across the set of keys, being certain that each key is a
> valid msg
> to send to myOBject. The send the object the message with the value from the
> dictionary.
>
> Now, I �understand that I can do:
>
> myObject perform: 'title' asSymbol.
>
> and use that as a way to message myObject with the selector 'title'
>
> As I understand it this is equivalent to getting the value with:
>
> myObject title
>
> What I've looked for an been unable to find is how to set the value.
>
> What is the equivalent to:
>
> myOBject title: 'A new title'.
>
> using perform?
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>
> Tony
>
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