From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-07-02T20:37:21+09:00
Subject: Re: dynamic object creation


"Brian Candler" <B.Candler@pobox.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:20030630171414.A19372@linnet.org...
> On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 01:01:25AM +0900, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
> > If I have something like this:
> >
> > s="Array"
> >
> > How whould I get something like this:
> >
> > aObject=s.new
> >
> > In "plain" english I am asking if I have a valid name of a class in a
> > string how do I create an instance of the class the string contains?
>
> A class name is just a constant, so something like
>
>    a = Module.const_get("Array").new
>
> is what you need (Aside: what's the proper way to access 'the top-level
> Module', or is the above correct?)

I think this does it

a = Kernel.const_get("Array").new

    robert