Create a JavaScript function dynamically from a string name

Question

Given a string classname, I want to dynamically create a new JavaScript function named after that string that can be used to instantiate objects.

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Answer 1

Yes:

window[classname] = function() { ... };

Now, in honesty, that's not exactly like what you were attempting, but it's pretty close. When you instantiate a function via a function expression like that, and without a name, the function can't refer to itself except via the name in the outer scope (in this case, the global scope).

If that's important, what you could do is this: create the function with some stock "internal" name, and then assign it to the global name:

function secretName() { ... }

window[classname] = secretName;