s = 'A string'
length_method = s.method('length')

length_method.arity

length_method.call

1.succ

1.method(:succ).call

5.method('+').call(10)

[1,2,3].method(:each).call { |x| puts x }

1
2
3

1
2
3

class EventSpawner
  def initialize
    @listeners = []
    @state = 0
  end
  def subscribe(&listener)
    @listeners << listener
  end
  def change_state(new_state)   
    @listeners.each { |l| l.call(@state, new_state) }
    @state = new_state
  end
end
class EventListener
  def hear(old_state, new_state)
    puts "Method triggered: state changed from #{old_state} " +
      "to #{new_state}."
  end
end
spawner = EventSpawner.new
spawner.subscribe do |old_state, new_state| 
 puts "Block triggered: state changed from #{old_state} to #{new_state}." 
end
spawner.subscribe &EventListener.new.method(:hear) 
spawner.change_state(4)

Block triggered: state changed from 0 to 4.
Method triggered: state changed from 0 to 4.

Block triggered: state changed from 0 to 4.
Method triggered: state changed from 0 to 4.

s = "sample string"
replacements = { "a" => "i", "tring" => "ubstitution" }
replacements.collect(&s.method("gsub"))

class Welcomer
 def Welcomer.a_class_method
   return "Greetings from the Welcomer class."
 end
 def an_instance_method
   return "Salutations from a Welcomer object."
 end
end
Welcomer.method("an_instance_method")           

NameError: undefined method `an_instance_method' for class `Class'
...

NameError: undefined method `an_instance_method' for class `Class'
	from (irb):45:in `method'
	from (irb):45

Welcomer.new.method("an_instance_method").call  

Welcomer.method("a_class_method").call