From: Giles Bowkett <gilesb@...>
Date: 2006-11-01T14:31:27+09:00
Subject: Re: still more relentless non-repetition

wow that's handy:

thing.constantize.find_by_contents(term)

boom! done.

On 10/31/06, Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/31/06, Giles Bowkett <gilesb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >          model = self.class.const_get t.capitalize
> > >          model.find_by_contents t
> >
> > **that** looks like the way to do it.
> >
> > gracias!
> >
>
> ActiveSupport has a helper for this already.
>
> model = t.constantize
> model.find_by_contents(t)
>
>


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