From: Daniel Harple Date: 2006-05-03T00:06:51+09:00 Subject: Re: How to get a new instance of a class given a String On May 2, 2006, at 5:03 PM, David Clements wrote: > class_name = "UserPreference" > up = Class.class_for_name(class_name).new up = Object.const_get(class_name).new -- Daniel