Ruby String#to_class

Question

Taken from a previous post with some modifications to respond to sepp2k\'s comment about namespaces, I have implemented String#to_class method. I\'m sharing the code here an

Answer 1

I would take a look at ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::String::Inflections specifically it's constantize method:

def constantize(camel_cased_word)
  names = camel_cased_word.split('::')
  names.shift if names.empty? || names.first.empty?

  constant = Object
  names.each do |name|
    constant = constant.const_defined?(name) ? constant.const_get(name) : constant.const_missing(name)
  end
  constant
end