From: Massimiliano Mirra <list@...>
Date: 2002-07-04T05:48:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Class.forName("Array")

On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 03:31:22AM +0900, Sylvia Chai wrote:
> Is it possible to create an object of the class
> 'Class' dynamically?
> 
> Fox example: to create an object of 'Class' with the
> value of 'Hash' by something like: Class.new('Hash')
> or Class.forName('Hash')

irb(main):001:0> name = 'Hash'
"Hash"
irb(main):002:0> klass = Module.const_get(name)
Hash
irb(main):003:0> h = klass.new
{}

> Isn't it very useful?

It is. :-)


Massimiliano