Class: String

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• String

Defined in:

lib/sixarm_ruby_string_to_class.rb

Instance Method Summary

• #to_class ⇒ Class

  Ruby String#to_class method to convert from a String to a class.

Instance Method Details

#to_class ⇒ Class

Ruby String#to_class method to convert from a String to a class

From Mirage at infovore.org/archives/2006/08/02/getting-a-class-object-in-ruby-from-a-string-containing-that-classes-name/

Examples:

"Foo::Bar".to_class => Foo::Bar

Returns:

• (Class) —

  the string converted to a class

# File 'lib/sixarm_ruby_string_to_class.rb', line 18

def to_class
  split('::').inject(Kernel) {|scope, const_name| scope.const_get(const_name)}
end