From: Matthew Thill <mithill@...>
Date: 2005-04-30T03:16:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Creating arbitrary objects

Yes, that is exactly what I wanted. Thank you.

James Edward Gray II wrote:
> On Apr 29, 2005, at 12:38 PM, Matthew Thill wrote:
> 
>> I've probably overlooked something, and hopefully someone can help me 
>> out. I want to be able to create arbitrary object from the contents of 
>> a string.
>>
>> For example, if I had the following string:
>>
>> classname = "Array"
>>
>> How can I create an Array object, knowing only that the variable 
>> classname held the name of some class as a string.
> 
> 
> You're looking for Object.const_get():
> 
> irb(main):003:0> class_obj = Object.const_get("Array")
> => Array
> irb(main):004:0> arr = class_obj.new
> => []
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> James Edward Gray II
> 
>