From: fedzor <fedzor@...>
Date: 2008-02-08T00:22:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Dynamically instantiate a class


On Feb 6, 2008, at 9:32 PM, macaco wrote:

> I've found this:
>
>   def create_class(var)
>    #instantiate class type[var]
>    foo = Object.const_get(type[var])
>    sub = foo.new
>    puts "#{sub.class}"
>  end
>
> Works for me!

Or you could do this:

def create_class klass
   klass.new
end

create_class "subClass1" #=> #<subClass1>

BTW, can you have a class name that's NOT a constant?

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