How to turn a string into a method call? [duplicate]

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Object#send

>> a = "class"
>> "foo".send(a)
=> String

>> a = "reverse"
>> "foo".send(a)
=> "oof"

>> a = "something"
>> "foo".send(a)
NoMethodError: undefined method `something' for "foo":String

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