Method: String#constantize

Defined in:
lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb

#constantize ⇒ Object

constantize tries to find a declared constant with the name specified in the string. It raises a NameError when the name is not in CamelCase or is not initialized.

'Module'.constantize  # => Module
'Class'.constantize   # => Class
'blargle'.constantize # => NameError: wrong constant name blargle

See ActiveSupport::Inflector.constantize.


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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb', line 73

def constantize
  ActiveSupport::Inflector.constantize(self)
end