>>>>> "L" == Lars Christensen <larsch / cs.auc.dk> writes: L> I need to get a reference to a class object from a string with the name of L> the class. I want to do this in a secure way because the string comes from L> an external source. I could not find any easy way to convert a string or L> symbol to a class reference. Use #const_get see [ruby-talk:13414] Guy Decoux