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Mechanize complex form input name

I am trying to access a form in mechanize with ugly characters in the object name similar to this

agent = Mechanize.new
page  = agent.get('http://domain.com)
form = page.forms[0]
form.ct600$Main$LastNameTextBox = "whatever"
page  = agent.submit(form)

The problem is the $ in the html name is messing with ruby.
Is there another method i could use ie:

form.element_by_name("ct600$Main$LastNameTextBox") = "whatever"

Unfortunately i cant change the html

Solution

  • I've never touched Ruby, but according to the docs (you did read the docs, right?),

    form["ct600$Main$LastNameTextBox"] = "whatever"

    should work.