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Javascript String to Function

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  1. /**
  2.  * Accepts a namespaced variable pointing to a class and returns a constructor
  3.  * for that class.
  4.  * 
  5.  * @see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1366127/instantiate-a-javascript-object-using-a-string-to-define-the-class-name
  6.  */
  7.  
  8. stringToFunction = function(str) {
  9. 	var arr = str.split(".");
  10.  
  11. 	var fn = (window || this);
  12. 	for ( var i = 0, len = arr.length; i < len; i++) {
  13. 		fn = fn[arr[i]];
  14. 	}
  15.  
  16. 	if (typeof fn !== "function") {
  17. 		throw new Error("function not found");
  18. 	}
  19.  
  20. 	return fn;
  21. };

URL: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1366127/instantiate-a-javascript-object-using-a-string-to-define-the-class-name

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