From: "F. Senault" <fred@...>
Date: 2009-01-24T10:28:07+09:00
Subject: Re: instantiate a class dynamically

Le 24 janvier 2009 � 02:12, rpardee@gmail.com a �crit :

> Hey All,
> 
> If I have the name of a class in a string var, is it possible to get a
> new instance of that class (and if so, how)?  The following do *not*
> work:
> 
>   my_string = "Hash"
> 
>   my_object = Class(my_string)
>   my_object = Class.new(my_string)
>   my_object = Object.new(my_string)

my_object = Object.const_get(my_string.to_sym).new

(The to_sym is mandatory in ruby 1.9.)

Fred
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