String inflections define new methods on the String class to transform names for different purposes. For instance, you can figure out the name of a table from the name of a class.
"ScaleScore".tableize # => "scale_scores"
Constants
NON_WHITESPACE_REGEXP = %r![^\s#{[0x3000].pack("U")}]!
Attributes
constantize
@ncancelliere - Instead use constantize which is provided as part of ActiveSupport. It is much easier. So:
mystring.constantize
Convert String to Class
this example shows how you can take a string and # make it a class and then send it a method
Kernel.const_get(my_string.capitalize).select_options