Err... actually I just figured that out myself a minute ago :-p . I'm
not at my brightest today. Thanks for the reply though!

> 
> Hmm. If I understand the question, the following should work:
> 
>    klass = eval( str )
>    qux = klass.new
> 
> - Jamis
> 
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> Jamis Buck
> jgb3 / email.byu.edu
> http://www.jamisbuck.org/jamis
> 
> "I use octal until I get to 8, and then I switch to decimal."
> 
>