From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2002-12-22T00:12:11+09:00
Subject: Re: String#to_class?

On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 03:00, Tim Bates wrote:
> I have a class being used in a unit test:
> 
> TC_Foo
> 
> I match it against a regexp:
> 
> /TC_(.*)/.match(self.class.name)
> 
> I end up with a string ($1 == "Foo") which I want to be an instance of Class 
> (== Foo). How can I convert a String to a Class? Will I have to use 
> ObjectSpace to find a Class whose Class#name == "Foo"?


There's a page on the Wiki with a number of solutions:

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


Cheers


Dave