On Nov 20, 2007 5:21 AM, Tizian Taz <tazmaniack / gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, but now, how can I access for example the method Hello which this > existing class inheritated from his mother-class? > > I ask this because "Status.Hello" doesn't work... > > Maybe I wasn't clear enough in my description : > > The classes that I want to call all exist but I don't want to make a > huge amount of tests to know which I have to call. Tell me if I'm not > clear :S You can do this, and others are already helping. but... Do you really have a firm requirement to use a string to represent the class. Why not just: var = Status ... var.Hello Classes in Ruby are objects and variables can be used to refer to them. -- Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/