Danny, Out of curiosity, why do you need a function that returns an object of a type passed as a string? It's a neat idea, but I'm scratching my head as to where one might apply it.
-tom -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Kodicek Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 12:51 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] create an object of type defined with a string 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" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >> http://www.figleaf.com >> http://training.figleaf.com >> > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
