From: Ola Bini <Ola.Bini@...>
Date: 2006-05-10T13:40:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Intantiating a class by name

Hi.

Say that you get a String like "A::B::C" and would like this instantiated:

 obj_class = Object
 name.split( "::" ).each { |c| obj_class = obj_class.const_get( c ) } if
name
 o = obj_class.new

Regards
 Ola Bini


----- Original Message -----
From: "Erich L. Timkar" <erichtimkar@yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:32 am
Subject: Intantiating a class by name
To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org (ruby-talk ML)

> For the life of me I haven't been able to find the syntax to 
> "instatiate" a class given it's name.  I know it's silly.  I feel 
> silly 
> and when I hear the answer, I'll fill twice as silly.  Anyone wanna 
> take 
> a stab at this and put me out of my misery?
> 
> erich
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