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Shortcut for finding objects in rails console

Tired of typing User.find_by_verylongattribute_name(‘something’) into rails console? This little alias made my day: 


class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  def self.[](arg)
    self.find_by_userlogin(arg)
  end

end

Usage:


>> User['madsheep']
=> #<User id: 1, userlogin: "madsheep">