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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. See ActiveSupport::Inflector.constantize

Examples

"Module".constantize  # => Module
"Class".constantize   # => Class
"blargle".constantize # => NameError: wrong constant name blargle

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb, line 53
  def constantize
    ActiveSupport::Inflector.constantize(self)
  end

constantize

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