Yes it is... so you could use
function makeObject(tType){
return (new _global[tType]())
}
test = makeObject("Array")
as well (this is what the findClass method does eventually. :)
On 6/1/06, Danny Kodicek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks, Zimmen and Ian, that's helpful. I'll probably go with Ian's
solution, which seems a bit more robust (I've been caught out before by
clever tricks using eval()...)
Danny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zimmen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] create an object of type defined with a string
> This actually works:
>
> function makeObject(tType){
> var tVar = eval(tType)
> return (new tVar())
> }
> test = makeObject("Array")
> test.push("foo")
> test.push("bar")
> trace(test[0])
> trace(test[1])
> trace(test.length)
>
> Output:
>
> foo
> bar
> 2
>
> On 6/1/06, Danny Kodicek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I want to have a function makeObject(tType:String) which returns an
>> object
>> of class tType. So makeObject("Array") should return a new Array object.
>> Any
>> good way to do this? I'm sure it's something simple.
>>
>> And before you ask, yes, there is a reason why I need to do it this
>> way...
>>
>> Danny
>>
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