how to make a string into an object instance name?

Nanyang Zhan wrote:

>>text_field("post", "title", "size" => 20) will generate: >><input type="text" id="post_title" name="post[title]" size="20" value="#{@post.title}" />

so, when you name "post", there is a way to translate this word to "@post", an object's name. how can I do that?

In your view you can do this with: object_name = "post" instance_variable_get("@#{object_name}")

However, most of the time you should use @post directly.

Dan Manges