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constantize

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constantize() public

constantize tries to find a declared constant with the name specified in the string. It raises a NameError when the name is not in CamelCase or is not initialized.

Examples

  "Module".constantize # => Module
  "Class".constantize  # => Class

Show source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb, line 161
        def constantize
          Inflector.constantize(self)
        end

constantize

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