of course I meant return eval("#{name}"), this is just a typo, my question
is still valid
Benoit
"Benoit Cerrina" <benoit.cerrina / writeme.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I've been retrieving a Class object by its class name by doing:
>
>  def XmlElem.getClass4Name(name)
>   if(eval("defined? #{name} and #{name}.type == Class "))
>    return eval("#name")
>   else
>    return nil
>   end
>  end
>
> it seems to work but is it the best way, I try to avoid using eval
normally.
> Benoit
>
>