From: "David E." <davidreynon@...>
Date: 2010-12-04T04:59:49+09:00
Subject: Re: cast object to object

Robert Klemme wrote in post #965992:
> On 12/03/2010 04:44 PM, Phillip Gawlowski wrote:
>>> So convert "Dave" into an object of type Dave()
>>
>> So, you want to do something like:
>> name_of_my_class.gets
>
> I don't think so.
>
>> name_of_my_class.to_class  # Create a class out of the user input
>
> That sounds more like it.
>
> David, you could do
>
> class_name = ... # fetch the name from somewhere
> dave = Object.const_get(class_name).new
>
> Kind regards
>
>   robert

Robert, thanks. That is the concept. However, I am getting a weird error

EXCEPTION:wrong constant name FireWatir::Link

after inputting

      class_name = 'FireWatir::Link'
      dave = Object.const_get(class_name).new

Is my "class_name" formatted correctly?

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