module ActiveSupport::Inflector
def constantize(camel_cased_word)
NameError is raised when the name is not in CamelCase or the constant is
end
constantize('C') # => 'outside', same as ::C
C # => 'inside'
C = 'inside'
module M
C = 'outside'
account:
whether it starts with "::" or not. No lexical context is taken into
The name is assumed to be the one of a top-level constant, no matter
constantize('Foo::Bar') # => Foo::Bar
constantize('Module') # => Module
Tries to find a constant with the name specified in the argument string.
def constantize(camel_cased_word) Object.const_get(camel_cased_word) end