How to get attributes that were defined through attr_reader or attr_accessor

metaprogramming, ruby

Solution

Use introspection, Luke!

class A
  attr_accessor :x, :y

  def initialize(*args)
    @x, @y = args
  end

  def attrs
    instance_variables.map{|ivar| instance_variable_get ivar}
  end
end

a = A.new(5,10)
a.x # => 5
a.y # => 10
a.attrs # => [5, 10]

Problem

Suppose I have a class `A` ``` class A attr_accessor :x, :y def initialize(x,y) @x, @y = x, y end end ``` How can I get `x` and `y` attributes without knowing how exactly they were named. E.g. ``` a = A.new(5,10) a.attributes # => [5, 10] ```

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