gistfile1.rb

# sinatra
get "/:arg" do
  render my_database.send arg
end

def refactored_call_on_upcased_string(str, method_name)
  str.upcase.send(method_name)
end

def call_on_upcased_string(str, method_name)
  eval("str.upcase.#{method_name}")
end

call_on_upcased_string('jessica', 'reverse')
# => "ACISSEJ"

### OLD CONTRIVED SHIT, IGNORE ###

def hi_jessica(something)
  String_response = "you passed a string"
  Array_response  = "you passed an array"
  
  eval("puts #{something.class.name}_response")
end

def refactored_hi_jessica(something)
  responses = { String => "you passed a string", Array => "you passed an array" }
  puts responses[something.class]
end