From: Bill Roberts <bill.roberts@...>
Date: 2006-05-01T20:52:12+09:00
Subject: Re: how to create Class object with name determined at runti

John Johnson wrote:
> You can use eval() to do that, like so:
> irb(main):001:0> a='String'
> => "String"
> irb(main):002:0> b=eval("#{a}.new")
> => ""
> irb(main):003:0> b.class
> => String
> irb(main):004:0>
> 
> In the second irb line, the contents of the variable _a_ are substituted 
> in the string before the .new. It amounts to b=eval("String.new").
> 
> Regards,
>   JJ
> 
>
John - thanks, also a neat solution.  Having had experience mainly in 
static/compiled languages previously, I am just getting to grips with 
Ruby's nice features for adapting itself as it runs.

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