From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2002-08-17T02:58:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting a class from a string containing its name

Philip Mak <pmak@animeglobe.com> writes:

> I have this code:
> 
> case classname
> when 'Faculty'
>     f = Faculty.new
> when 'Student'
>     f = Student.new
> # etc.
> 
> How can I automatically get the class from the string that contains
> its name? I'm looking for something like Object#method, except that it
> gives me a class instead of a method.


http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?FindClassesByName


Cheers


Dave