method

constantize

v2.0.3 - Show latest stable - Class: Inflector

constantize(camel_cased_word)

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

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector.rb, line 255
  def constantize(camel_cased_word)
    unless /\A(?:::)?([A-Z]\w*(?:::[A-Z]\w*)*)\z/ =~ camel_cased_word
      raise NameError, "#{camel_cased_word.inspect} is not a valid constant name!"
    end

    Object.module_eval("::#{$1}", __FILE__, __LINE__)
  end

constantize

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