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Asked: May 16, 20262026-05-16T05:52:37+00:00 2026-05-16T05:52:37+00:00

How do i have a variable such that sometime I can do Foo.find(id) or

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How do i have a variable such that sometime I can do

Foo.find(id)

or sometimes

Bar.find(id)

there not constants so .constantize won’t work =\

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    2026-05-16T05:52:37+00:00Added an answer on May 16, 2026 at 5:52 am
    klass = Foo # This could easily be in some kind of conditional statement
    klass.find(...)
    

    and of course Foo and Bar in your example are constants, so you could easily also do

    "Foo".constantize.find(...)
    
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