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Re: Create instance of class. Class name stored in a string.

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On 25.09.2012 02:17, shaw.cttk@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, I'm super new in Ruby World, and got in trouble with that:
>
> how do I call the 'new' method of a class I don't know the name? The
> name of the class is stored in a string.
>
> something like:
>
> arg1 = "RADIUS" codec = arg1.new
>
> I would like to create an instance of whatever class name is stored
> in arg1 string.

The usual idiom which also works with nested names is like this:

cls = name.split('::').inject(Object) {|cl, part| cl.const_get part}

Now you can do

obj = cls.new

In your case it's sufficient to do

cls = Object.const_get(arg1) # "RADIUS"
codec = cls.new

Kind regards

	robert

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Create instance of class. Class name stored in a string. shaw.cttk@gmail.com - 2012-09-24 17:17 -0700
  Re: Create instance of class. Class name stored in a string. Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-25 08:42 +0200

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